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© 2001-2010, DermAtlas	*Image Name:*	methicillin_staph_1_060727	*File Type:*	jpg
	*Diagnosis:*	STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTION / FOLLICULITIS / CELLULITIS / BOIL	*Category:*	infections and infestations
	*Body Site:*	buttock / vulva (labia)	*Age:*	2 years
	*Contributor:*	Bernard Cohen, MD
	*Description:*	red follicular papules and pustules and indurated painful right inferior buttock and labia
	*Comments:*	This healthy toddler had a history of recurrent folliculitis and boils. A culture grew methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus which cleared with oral sulfamethoxazole-trimethroprim.
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© 2001-2010, DermAtlas	*Image Name:*	methicillin_staph_2_060727	*File Type:*	jpg
	*Diagnosis:*	STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTION / FOLLICULITIS / CELLULITIS / BOIL	*Category:*	infections and infestations
	*Body Site:*	buttock / vulva (labia)	*Age:*	2 years
	*Contributor:*	Bernard Cohen, MD
	*Description:*	red follicular papules and pustules and indurated painful right inferior buttock and labia
	*Comments:*	This healthy toddler had a history of recurrent folliculitis and boils. A culture grew methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus which cleared with oral sulfamethoxazole-trimethroprim.
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© 2001-2010, DermAtlas	*Image Name:*	boils_1_051115	*File Type:*	jpg
	*Diagnosis:*	BOIL / STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTION, METHICILLIN RESISTANT / STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTION	*Category:*	infections and infestations
	*Body Site:*	leg	*Age:*	5 years
	*Contributor:*	Bernard Cohen, MD
	*Description:*	red papules and plaques with central pustules
	*Comments:*	This 5-year-old boy developed recurrent painful boils on his legs for several months. His parents and siblings had similar lesions. Note the early follicular papules on his right thigh.
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© 2001-2010, DermAtlas	*Image Name:*	boils_2_051115	*File Type:*	jpg
	*Diagnosis:*	BOIL / STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTION, METHICILLIN RESISTANT / STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTION	*Category:*	infections and infestations
	*Body Site:*	leg	*Age:*	5 years
	*Contributor:*	Bernard Cohen, MD
	*Description:*	red papules and plaques with central pustules
	*Comments:*	This 5-year-old boy developed recurrent painful boils on his legs for several months. His parents and siblings had similar lesions. Note the early follicular papules on his right thigh.
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© 2001-2010, DermAtlas	*Image Name:*	boils_3_051115	*File Type:*	jpg
	*Diagnosis:*	BOIL / STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTION, METHICILLIN RESISTANT / STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTION	*Category:*	infections and infestations
	*Body Site:*	leg / thigh	*Age:*	5 years
	*Contributor:*	Bernard Cohen, MD
	*Description:*	grouped red papules
	*Comments:*	This 5-year-old boy developed recurrent painful boils on his legs for several months. His parents and siblings had similar lesions. Note the early follicular papules on his right thigh.
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© 2001-2010, DermAtlas	*Image Name:*	furunculosis_1_050623	*File Type:*	jpg
	*Diagnosis:*	BOIL / CELLULITIS / FURUNCLE / STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTION	*Category:*	infections and infestations / lumps & bumps (plaques, nodules, tumors)
	*Body Site:*	neck	*Age:*	9 years
	*Contributor:*	Adam Mamalek
	*Description:*	deep seated nodule with central pustule
	*Comments:*	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. The lesions were widespread and many arose in infected insect bites. He was treated with parenteral antibiotics and discharged 2 days later on a 2 week course of oral antibiotics. Cultures grew methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
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© 2001-2010, DermAtlas	*Image Name:*	furunculosis_2_050623	*File Type:*	jpg
	*Diagnosis:*	BOIL / CELLULITIS / FURUNCLE / STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTION	*Category:*	infections and infestations / lumps & bumps (plaques, nodules, tumors)
	*Body Site:*	back	*Age:*	9 years
	*Contributor:*	Adam Mamalek
	*Description:*	multiple deep seated nodules with central pustules organized in a line
	*Comments:*	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. The lesions were widespread and many arose in infected insect bites. He was treated with parenteral antibiotics and discharged 2 days later on a 2 week course of oral antibiotics. Cultures grew methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
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© 2001-2010, DermAtlas	*Image Name:*	furunculosis_3_050623	*File Type:*	jpg
	*Diagnosis:*	BOIL / CELLULITIS / FURUNCLE / STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTION	*Category:*	infections and infestations / lumps & bumps (plaques, nodules, tumors)
	*Body Site:*	back / shoulder	*Age:*	9 years
	*Contributor:*	Adam Mamalek
	*Description:*	multiple deep seated nodules with central pustules
	*Comments:*	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. The lesions were widespread and many arose in infected insect bites. He was treated with parenteral antibiotics and discharged 2 days later on a 2 week course of oral antibiotics. Cultures grew methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus.
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© 2001-2010, DermAtlas	*Image Name:*	Carbuncle_Diabetes_1_040702	*File Type:*	jpg
	*Diagnosis:*	BOIL / STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTION / ABSCESS	*Category:*	diabetes mellitus associated / infections and infestations
	*Body Site:*	knee	*Age:*	35 years
	*Contributor:*	Jayakar Thomas, MD. PhD
	*Description:*	pustules and deep seated nodules with surrounding erythema and edema
	*Comments:*	This 35-year-old diabetic man developed painful boils on his right knee.

© 2001-2010, DermAtlas	*Image Name:*	abscess_1_040606	*File Type:*	jpg
	*Diagnosis:*	BOIL / STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTION / FURUNCLE	*Category:*	infections and infestations
	*Body Site:*	thigh	*Age:*	32 years
	*Contributor:*	Lavanna Ray
	*Description:*	follicular pustule with 3 cm surrounding indurated red plaque
	*Comments:*	A painful red nodule with a central pustule developed on the thigh of this healthy 32-year-old woman. The furuncle was treated with warm compresses and oral antibiotics.