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... > Skin and Connective Tissue Diseases > Skin Diseases > Skin Diseases, Infectious > Skin Diseases, Bacterial > Staphylococcal Skin Infections > Furunculosis > Carbuncle
... > Infections > Skin Diseases, Infectious > Skin Diseases, Bacterial > Staphylococcal Skin Infections > Furunculosis > Carbuncle
... > Infections > Bacterial Infections and Mycoses > Bacterial Infections > Skin Diseases, Bacterial > Staphylococcal Skin Infections > Furunculosis > Carbuncle
... > Infections > Bacterial Infections and Mycoses > Bacterial Infections > Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections > Staphylococcal Infections > Staphylococcal Skin Infections > Furunculosis > Carbuncle
Animal Diseases > Fish Diseases > Furunculosis > Carbuncle

Preferred term

Carbuncle  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • An infection of cutaneous and subcutaneous tissue that consists of a cluster of boils. Commonly, the causative agent is STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS. Carbuncles produce fever, leukocytosis, extreme pain, and prostration.

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  • Anthrax

    French

  • Anthrax (dermatose)
  • Anthrax (infection cutanée)

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