Clinicians have successfully used antibiotics and steroids, instead of an aerosol-generating procedure, to treat a COVID-19-positive man's peritonsillar abscess. Details were published on September 7 ...

You have had a drain placed in an abscess, which you will need to care for until it is removed. This will include flushing the tube daily as well as cleaning the tube site and changing the dressing.

Hidradenitis suppurativa lesions and abscesses may release pus or an odorous discharge. A warm compress can help people to drain painful lesions at home, but surgical drainage may be necessary in ...

Every year between four and five million Americans suffer from chronic non-healing wounds, many caused by diabetes, poor circulation, pressure ulcers or other conditions. Proper wound care is ...

Discharge medications included ceftriaxone 1,250 mg daily for 14 days via PICC line and acyclovir 400 mg three times daily until the herpetic whitlow resolved. The parents were instructed to bring the ...

It has been more than 10 years since the clinical battle began with community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), and doctors are still grappling with how to diagnose, treat ...

Suppurative psoas abscess is an unusual lesion that is unfamiliar to many orthopaedic specialists, which can make an accurate and timely diagnosis problematic. The symptoms associated with this ...

HEPATIC pyemia signifies invasion of the liver by pyogenic organisms, resulting in the formation of single or multiple liver abscesses. The widespread use of antibiotics has not eliminated this ...