Abscess, Staphylococcal Infection - DermAtlas

Contributor

Shahbaz A. Janjua, MD

Diagnosis

abscess Staphylococcal infection

Body Site

hand finger

Age

24 years

Pigmentation

medium

Organization

grouped, clustered

Color

red

Morphology

plaqulous (plaque / nodule / tumor)

Pattern

asymmetric acral (centripetal - extremity predominant)

Comments

This 24-year-old heavy machine operator pricked the callosities on his hands and developed red, hot, tender swellings on the web spaces of the fourth and fifth fingers of his right hand and the third and fourth fingers of his left hand. He also developed recurrent abscesses on both palms. This episode of infection responded to incision and drainage and oral cefadroxil.

Description

red, edematous, tender mass with overlying crust

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5/7/2003 23:10:19

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