Search
Search Results
- Title:
- Cutaneous abscess on the thigh
- Description:
- From an intra-operative perspective, this 2005 photograph depicted a cutaneous abscess located on the thigh of a prison inmate, which had been caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteria, referred to by the acronym MRSA. A clinician had lanced the lesion in order to allow the pus contained therein, to be released.
- Keyword:
- Skin, pus, infection, thigh
- Subject:
- Abscess
- Creator:
- Public Health Image Library (PHIL)
- Publisher:
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Rights:
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
- Resource Type:
- Image
