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STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTION NIGERIAN SHIN DISEASE FOLLICULITIS SCARRING BOIL CELLULITIS FURUNCLE and more...
....This healthy 9-year-old boy developed large tender deep seated boils many capped with purplent draining pustules. Shortly before admission to the hospital he developed a fever to 38.5 degrees C, tender fluctuant local lymph nodes, and overlying cellulitis....
....A 22-year-old woman complained of ichy follicular pustules on both shins for 7 years. Treatment with several antibiotics gave only temporary releif....
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Monday, October 24, 2005
Prison Skin Infection Could Spread
Life behind bars — with its close contact and sharing of soap and towels — has contributed to several prison and jail outbreaks of a hard-to-treat skin infection that health officials fear could easily spread to the outside.....
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Friday, October 21, 2005
Pustules
A pustule is a localized collection of yellow–green fluid containing polymor-phonuclear leucocytes and their breakdown products.
Pustules may appear de novo following neutrophil-mediated inflammation, for example in a bacterial folliculitis.
They may also be caused by gradual polymorphaccumulation in a pre-existing clear vesicle, as occurs in herpesvirus infections.
In this case, an initially clear vesicle becomes cloudy (a transitional stage sometimes called a vesicopustule), and subsequently, the more typical yellow–green colour develops.
The distinction between these two methods of formation is useful in differential diagnosis, but is not always easy to determine unless lesions at different stages are present concurrently or unless individual lesions are observed at intervals.
It can also be difficult to distinguishbetween an early vesicopustule with slightly turbid fluid content due to inflammatory cells and a vesicle with clear fluid content but a damaged over-lying epidermis, as both can be grey in colour.
It is therefore simplest to reserve the term pustule for established lesions with the typical yellow or green colour.
Healing pustules may form a scab or crust in some disorders, notably palmoplantar pustulosis where a brown scale develops as the pustule resolves.
Pustules of the same duration tend to be relatively monomorphic, so the presence of resolving lesions at the same time as fresh pustules implies an ongoing process.
Where pustules appear as crops, they are typical of varicella, in which new vesicles coexist with pustules and with necrotic oldlesions; pustules at several stages of evolution are also typical of chronic dis-orders, such as palmoplantar pustulosis.
The converse is not necessarily true, for example, the lesions of pityrosporum folliculitis tend to be fairly monomorphic irrespective of duration.
Pustules may appear de novo following neutrophil-mediated inflammation, for example in a bacterial folliculitis.
They may also be caused by gradual polymorphaccumulation in a pre-existing clear vesicle, as occurs in herpesvirus infections.
In this case, an initially clear vesicle becomes cloudy (a transitional stage sometimes called a vesicopustule), and subsequently, the more typical yellow–green colour develops.
The distinction between these two methods of formation is useful in differential diagnosis, but is not always easy to determine unless lesions at different stages are present concurrently or unless individual lesions are observed at intervals.
It can also be difficult to distinguishbetween an early vesicopustule with slightly turbid fluid content due to inflammatory cells and a vesicle with clear fluid content but a damaged over-lying epidermis, as both can be grey in colour.
It is therefore simplest to reserve the term pustule for established lesions with the typical yellow or green colour.
Healing pustules may form a scab or crust in some disorders, notably palmoplantar pustulosis where a brown scale develops as the pustule resolves.
Pustules of the same duration tend to be relatively monomorphic, so the presence of resolving lesions at the same time as fresh pustules implies an ongoing process.
Where pustules appear as crops, they are typical of varicella, in which new vesicles coexist with pustules and with necrotic oldlesions; pustules at several stages of evolution are also typical of chronic dis-orders, such as palmoplantar pustulosis.
The converse is not necessarily true, for example, the lesions of pityrosporum folliculitis tend to be fairly monomorphic irrespective of duration.
Wednesday, October 19, 2005
Furuncle What Is It?
A boil or furuncle is an infection of a hair follicle. The follicle is the small hole in the skin where a hair is formed. Many people get boils. They grow deep into the skin. Clusters of boils are called carbuncles. Boils are usually found on the face, neck, breasts, armpits, and buttocks.
What Are The Symptoms Of Skin Abscess?
Skin lesion maybe seen.
Abscess will be in the form of open sore or closed, domed nodule.
There maybe localized swelling, redness and induration.
Affected area is tender and warm to touch.
Abscess will be in the form of open sore or closed, domed nodule.
There maybe localized swelling, redness and induration.
Affected area is tender and warm to touch.
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Skin Abscess
A skin abscess is a collection of pus and infected material in or on the skin.
Skin abscesses are fairly common. They are caused when an infection causes pus and infected material to collect in the skin. Skin abscesses may follow a bacterial infection, commonly an infection with staphylococcus. They can develop after a minor wound, injury, or as a complication of folliculitis or boils. Skin abscesses may occur anywhere on the body. They affect people of all ages.
An abscess can prevent deeper tissues from functioning properly. The infection may spread locally or throughout the body. The spread of infection through the bloodstream may cause severe complications.
Skin abscesses are fairly common. They are caused when an infection causes pus and infected material to collect in the skin. Skin abscesses may follow a bacterial infection, commonly an infection with staphylococcus. They can develop after a minor wound, injury, or as a complication of folliculitis or boils. Skin abscesses may occur anywhere on the body. They affect people of all ages.
An abscess can prevent deeper tissues from functioning properly. The infection may spread locally or throughout the body. The spread of infection through the bloodstream may cause severe complications.
Monday, October 17, 2005
Keeping Infections Off The Team
..A recent article in the News-Leader and an alert by the county health department have reported a significant rise in the number of cases of superficial skin infections in relatively healthy people.
....A break in the skin is all it takes for bacteria to gain entry and begin the process of developing an infection. When athletes share towels and equipment or trade jerseys during practice, the bacteria are passed from player to player, making the situation worse.....
...The best method of treating the spread of infections is to reduce the development of the infection in the first place. Proper hygiene is a must...
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....A break in the skin is all it takes for bacteria to gain entry and begin the process of developing an infection. When athletes share towels and equipment or trade jerseys during practice, the bacteria are passed from player to player, making the situation worse.....
...The best method of treating the spread of infections is to reduce the development of the infection in the first place. Proper hygiene is a must...
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Thursday, October 13, 2005
Skin Boils Video
Found this video, but unfortunately the playback is not available yet.
However, will check back frequently to see when it is available...
Video
Secrets of the Dead - Playback is currently not available
Scientists try to determine when syphilis first appeared in Europe.
KQED - PBS - 1 hour - Wed, Jul 13, 2005, 8:00PM PDT
(5 minutes 30 seconds)
GRUNPECK ( dramatized ): The swelling of the glands was followed by an abscess from which a putrid-smelling puss flowed for four months. ROBERTS: The second stage, which occurs about three to six months after infection you get a generalized rash. GRUNPECK ( dramatized ): They experienced intense pains in head and bones and soon boils appeared all over the body. ROBERTS: It's the third phase where you get considerable ulceration on the skin.
However, will check back frequently to see when it is available...
Video
Secrets of the Dead - Playback is currently not available
Scientists try to determine when syphilis first appeared in Europe.
KQED - PBS - 1 hour - Wed, Jul 13, 2005, 8:00PM PDT
(5 minutes 30 seconds)
GRUNPECK ( dramatized ): The swelling of the glands was followed by an abscess from which a putrid-smelling puss flowed for four months. ROBERTS: The second stage, which occurs about three to six months after infection you get a generalized rash. GRUNPECK ( dramatized ): They experienced intense pains in head and bones and soon boils appeared all over the body. ROBERTS: It's the third phase where you get considerable ulceration on the skin.
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