This is a picture of MRSA (METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS). It occured as a complication 2 years after cosmetic plastic surgery for a bust reduction. The patients wounds didn’t heal and ...

In this article, we describe our approach to the management of common skin abscesses that generally involve the extremities and trunk. Lesions that may require unique surgical approaches or that have ...

A retrospective analysis of patients with clinically diagnosed acute and chronic dacryocystitis who underwent microbiological evaluation presenting between January 2000 and December 2005 was carried ...

Using clindamycin or trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) after incision and drainage of a simple abscess results in a higher cure rate than incision and drainage alone for infections with ...

CASE reports of acute subpectoral abscess and suppurative lymphadenitis — or "subpectoral phlegmon," as it is sometimes called — have appeared occasionally in both the American 1–3 and the foreign 4,5 ...

Almost 90% of all anal abscesses are caused by blocked glands that become infected. The most common type of anal abscess is a perianal abscess, which typically appears as a painful swelling near the ...