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Carbuncle
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.
- Identifiers
- MONDO:0002237
- Part of
- Pyoderma
- Also known as
- carbuncle and furuncle of buttock · carbuncle and furuncle of face
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