A gum abscess is a pocket of pus and bacteria that forms due to an infection in the gums. Learn about the symptoms, treatment options, and more, here.

If an abscess occurs, it requires adequate treatment with antibiotics and needle aspiration, incision and drainage or immediate tonsillectomy.5 If inadequately treated, the infection can spread ...

While spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is treated with antibiotic therapy, secondary bacterial peritonitis requires surgical removal of the infectious source in addition to antibiotic therapy. 6,7 ...

With beef liver prices depressed at around $3 at the packer level, liver condemnations due to abscesses represent a relatively minor economic problem. But, says West Texas A&M University Animal ...

Background Pyogenic liver abscess is a rare diagnosis but rates appear to be rising in western settings. The clinical picture and available management options have evolved significantly in recent ...

A surgeon pops a huge abscess on a man's jaw and captured the moment on video. Doctor Osama Makkia spent 20 minutes scrapping the pus out of his patient's abscess - which he admits is one of the ...

Background Visits to the Emergency Department for cutaneous abscesses more than doubled from 1.2 million to 3.3 million from 1996 to 2005. [] Incision and drainage are the mainstay of treatment.

Although our understanding of the pathogenesis of empyema has grown tremendously over the past few decades, questions still remain on how to optimally manage this condition. It has been almost a ...

The findings support current recommendations for prompt surgical drainage of brain abscesses, particularly when faced with lesions of significant size, depth, or risk of rupture. As clinical ...