Boils (Furncles)
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If the lesion is fluctuant, incise and drain it. If not yet fluctuant, hot soaks three times a day are appropriate to "bring it to a head". Oral antistaphylococcal antibiotics (preferably beta lactams) are indicated for 10 days (e.g. dicloxacillin 500 mg QID). The majority of these lesions are staphylococcal and as such pose a public health risk in an operational setting if not aggressively treated. In particular, these patients should not be food handlers until treatment is complete. |
Written and revised by CAPT Dennis A. Vidmar, MC, USN, Department of Military and Emergency Medicine, and Department of Dermatology, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD (1999). Additional images provided by CAPT Vidmar in June, 2000, subsequent to the initial publication of this manual.
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Preface · Administrative Section · Clinical Section
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