In the case described in the Equine Veterinary Education Journal, x-rays and hoof testers were not able to predict the location of a subsolar abscess in this horse's foot ...

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Prophylactic measures such as vancomycin, povidone-iodine and saline irrigation yielded similar rates of periprosthetic joint infection and wound complications at 3 months for high-risk patients ...

Aspiration of the abscess might be necessary in some cases. The need for open surgical drainage has decreased, however, since the success of percutaneous drainage. Surgery should be reserved for ...

The data presented in this study indicate that most CA-MRSA skin and soft tissue abscesses in otherwise healthy children can be managed with therapeutic drainage, without adjuvant antibiotics ...

The wave of melioidosis infections has been exacerbated by poverty and the increasing severity of storms and floods resulting ...

An abscess needs urgent medical care, and treatment will include drainage and antibiotics. Anyone who thinks they may have an abscess needs to consult a doctor as soon as possible. Small cysts ...