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Furunculosis

 Subject

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Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = A persistent skin infection marked by the presence of furuncles, often chronic and recurrent. In humans, the causative agent is various species of STAPHYLOCOCCUS. In salmonid fish ( SALMONIDS), the pathogen is AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA.,Created For = LHSA-Dott,Use For = Boils

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

PR2.15692, 1955-1956

 Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.15692
Scope and Contents

Typed case summary, charts, correspondence and notes relating to female from Edinburgh and the Lothians aged 47 at first examination in 1955. Conditions mentioned include: backache; furunculosis; spams; and sciatic pain. No treatment given. Patient discharged.

Dates: 1955-1956
Found in: Lothian Health Services Archive: Case Notes / Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh Folder-based Case Notes / RIE, Professor Norman Dott, Neurology, Ward 20 (part 3)