furuncle

Inflammation around a hair follicle can also lead to the formation of an abscess, which is called a boil (furuncle).

A boil, also called a furuncle, is a deep folliculitis, infection of the hair follicle.

A boil (furuncle) is a red, swollen, painful bump under the skin caused by an infected hair follicle.

Right out there, a couple of hundred miles off the Oregon coast, is a sort of granulated furuncle growing on the face of the water.

A boil (or furuncle) is an infection of a hair follicle that has a small collection of pus (called an abscess) under the skin.

Washing and covering the furuncle with antibiotic cream or antiseptic tea tree oil and a bandage also promotes healing.

Mupirocin is used as a topical treatment for bacterial skin infections, for example, furuncle, impetigo, open wounds, etc.

At first the host may experience only intermittent, slight itching, but pain develops and increases in frequency and intensity as the lesions develop into a furuncle.

"In its initial stages it progresses to a serious itch, soon becoming a running sore that acts like a furuncle or a boil and sometimes even a carbuncle.

It is especially used for such ailments as abscesses, phlegmon, paronychia, furuncle, anal fissures, infections of the parotid gland, bacterially infected tonsilitis, and others.

These include superficial bacterial infections such as impetigo, impetigo contagiosa, ecthyma, folliculitis, Bockhart's impetigo, furuncle, carbuncle, tropical ulcer, etc.

Sometimes the infections are relatively limited (such as a stye, boil, furuncle, or carbuncle), but other times they may spread to other skin areas (causing cellulitis, folliculitis, or impetigo).

Patient 1, a 17 year-old male with a history of excellent health, was treated for a furuncle of the knee in February1993 then succumbed to S. aureus pneumonia in March 1995 after contracting a rotavirus infection and viral pneumonia.

Buddy felt vindicated (even if at that very moment there was in the middle of his chin a furuncle the size and temperature of an oven-baked hors d'oeuvre); felt both humble and heroic, and was more than ready to put his martyrish shoulder to the wheel.