ICD·index Chapters ENESDE
1B75.3 category

Pyogenic abscess of the skin

Definition

A pus-producing abscess of the skin most commonly due to bacterial infection by Staphylococcus aureus. It is prone to develop where the normal anatomy is disturbed as in pilonidal disease, an epidermoid cyst or around foreign bodies such as surgical sutures.

Also indexed as

Pyogenic abscess of the skinabscess NOS

Nearby in Deep bacterial folliculitis or pyogenic abscess of the skin