Innovative management of recurrent furunculosis.
One of the most common bacterial infections of the skin and soft tissue is furunculosis (boil), an inflammatory nodule that involves the hair follicle, with small abscess formation extending through the dermis into the subcutaneous layers. Treatment of recurrent furunculosis is a difficult and challenging process. The mainstay of therapy is incision and drainage of a furuncle coupled with bacterial culture. Affected patients and their family members must practice good hygiene, predicated with regular hand washing, fomite cleaning, and avoiding contact with contaminated skin.
Atanaskova
Natasha
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Department of Dermatology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, A61, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195, USA.
Tomecki
Kenneth J
KJ
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001435:Bacteriophages; D002648:Child; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004322:Drainage; D005260:Female; D005667:Furunculosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects*; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors; D013207:Staphylococcal Skin Infections / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000635:transmission; D013209:Staphylococcal Vaccines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000276:immunology / Q000821:virology; D035703:Therapies, Investigational; D055815:Young Adult
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D013209:Staphylococcal Vaccines