How can burn wound infection be diagnosed in a patient showing redness, swelling, increased pain, and fever?

1. Colonisation of the wound always equals an active infection
2. Clinical signs plus systemic features matter; colonisation alone is not infection
3. Only a positive wound culture is needed to confirm an infection
4. Fever in a burn patient is never a serious or worrying sign

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