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Accumulation of pus in tissue, usually caused by a bacterial infection
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Lowy, FD (1998) Staphylococcus aureus infections. New England Journal of Medicine 339:520–532
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(2004). Abscess. In: Levine, N., Levine, C.C. (eds) Dermatology Therapy. A to Z Essentials. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29668-9_2
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