Objective: To compare the mean healing time in patients undergoing ultrasound guided needle aspirations versus incision and drainage for lactational breast abscess. Study Design: Randomized Controlled Trail. Setting: Department of Surgery, Holy Family Hospital, Rawalpindi. Period: 1st March 2019 to 31st August 2019. Material & Methods: After endorsement from ethical committee, an informed c...

Background: The excruciating build-up of pus in breast tissue is known as a abscess. This condition more common lactating women and caused by bacterial infection at the nipple zone, which primarily brought on biting child while breastfeeding, poor sanitation, blockage milk ducts, development lumps that may be cancerous. Mastitis to abscess different levels severity for abscesses. Breast abscess...

BACKGROUND: Breast abscesses account for 15% of surgical day cases seen in the UTH. Nearly all of these cases occur in lactating women. Pre-natal HIV prevalence among women seeking care at UTH was estimated at 25% as of 2004. Baseline surveys have shown that up to 60% of soft tissue infections presenting to the UTH are HIV related. OBJECTIVES: To determine if HIV infection is a risk factor for...

Pilonidal sinus is a common entity, most often occurring in the natal cleft. Pilonidal sinus with abscess formation has also been described in hairdressers in the interdigital space. We report a case of pilonidal abscess of the breast in a hairdresser, a rarely reported site, which requires awareness on the clinician's part of this occupational risk, for appropriate management and post-surgery ...

This paper reports on the serological and biochemical characteristics of 24 human isolates of Yersinia enterocolitica submitted to the California Department of Health from 1968 through 1975. Nine different serotypes were represented. The majority of strains were serotype O:8 (six strains) and serotype O:5 (five strains). Sources of the isolates included feces (12 cases), blood (3), sputum or th...