(1) Symptoms often depend on whereabouts in the body the abscess occurs.

(2) A more complicated operation is needed to drain an abscess from inside the body.

(3) In order to treat a tooth with an abscess your dentist will drain the abscess to release the pressure and relieve pain.

(4) A history of fever, chills or urinary tract infection suggests an infected cyst or an abscess .

(5) It was felt the likely cause of the abscess was an open lesion from the patient's severe eczema.

(6) The neurologist who examined her found and drained an epidural abscess from the lumbar region.

(7) Your GP will normally prescribe oral antibiotics to fight the infection before an abscess has a chance to develop.

(8) One of his priorities as prime minister was to lance the abscess of corruption

(9) Most epidural abscesses are located posteriorly in the thoracic or lumbar spine.

(10) Brain abscesses are a medical emergency because they can raise the pressure on the brain to a point that may be fatal.

(11) However, subcutaneous injections can cause abscesses and granulomas.

(12) Most brain abscesses occur when infection spreads to the brain from elsewhere in the body, mostly from nearby areas such as the ears.

(13) Unlike staphylococci, which tend to cause localised infections such as abscesses , streptococci are essentially organisms that spread.

(14) Three cases involved a septic knee joint, and two patients developed subcutaneous abscesses .

(15) Surgery may be necessary to drain abscesses , debride infected tissue, or stabilize the spine and relieve spinal cord compression.

(16) Cerebral abscesses are typically circumscribed lesions with surrounding vasogenic edema.

(17) At least 75% of cerebral abscesses are associated with infections elsewhere in the body.

(18) Around 40% of brain abscesses are caused by infections spread from areas nearby in the body, in the nose, throat and ear areas.

(19) We also recorded the presence and severity of scabies, abscesses , and fungal lesions.

(20) Abscesses can be differentiated from brain tumours because abscesses tend to have smoother edges.