Adding trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole to the follow-up for patients who undergo outpatient surgical drainage of uncomplicated superficial cutaneous abscesses improves outcomes compared with no ...

In addition to surgical drainage, does antibiotic therapy improve the overall management of a skin abscess? A randomized trial was carried out in five hospital emergency departments comparing simple ...

For the first time, endoscopic drainage was performed in Mumbai in a HIV-positive patient who had developed liver abscess due to fungal infection. A 21-year-old boy was rushed to a hospital in Mumbai ...

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 ...

A painful, draining spider bite could be a fast-growing skin abscess. Dr. Anderson urges immediate medical care, antibiotics, ...

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 ...

So, I know I recently wrote an article about abscesses and here I am writing about them again. Truth of the matter is that I have a small obsession with them — but not in a weird way. My obsession ...

A spinal abscess may cause local or radiating back pain, fever, and neurological symptoms. Early diagnosis and treatment are vital for improving a person’s outlook. A spinal cord abscess involves a ...

A 24-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a three-day history of worsening sore throat, pain with swallowing and fever. She had been seen by her primary care physician one day ...