Carbuncle
Subject
Subject Source: Medical Subject Headings
Scope Note: Notes = 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.,Created For = LHSA-Dott
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
PR2.2832, 1944-1952
Item
Identifier: LHB1 CC/24/PR2.2832
Scope and Contents
Typed case summary, reports and correspondence relating to male from Scotland (outside Edinburgh and the Lothians) aged 17 at first examination in 1944. Conditions mentioned include: shoulder pain; epidural abscess; carbuncle; and spinal cord compression. Surgical and nonsurgical treatment given. Patient discharged.
Dates:
1944-1952