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Descriptor
English
:
Abscess
Descriptor
Spanish
:
Absceso
Descriptor
Portuguese
:
Abscesso
Tree Number:
C01.539.830.025
C23.550.470.756.100
Definition
English
:
Accumulation of purulent material in
tissues
, organs, or circumscribed spaces, usually associated with
signs
of
infection.
Indexing Annotation
English
:
IM; coord IM with site (organ/dis term) (IM) + precoord organism/infect term (IM); if unspecified bacterial
abscess
do not coord with
BACTERIAL INFECTIONS
(since most abscesses are bact) but coord with specific bact infect term if given (as
ABSCESS
+
STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS
)
See Related
English
:
Empyema
Allowable Qualifiers
English
:
BL
blood
CF
cerebrospinal fluid
CI
chemically induced
CL
classification
CO
complications
CN
congenital
DI
diagnosis
DH
diet therapy
DT
drug therapy
EC
economics
EM
embryology
EN
enzymology
EP
epidemiology
EH
ethnology
ET
etiology
GE
genetics
HI
history
IM
immunology
ME
metabolism
MI
microbiology
MO
mortality
NU
nursing
PS
parasitology
PA
pathology
PP
physiopathology
PC
prevention & control
PX
psychology
RA
radiography
RI
radionuclide imaging
RT
radiotherapy
RH
rehabilitation
SU
surgery
TH
therapy
TM
transmission
US
ultrasonography
UR
urine
VE
veterinary
VI
virology
Record Number:
41
Unique Identifier:
D000038
Occurrence in VHL
:
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