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Descriptor English:   Abscess 
Descriptor Spanish:   Absceso 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Abscesso 
Synonyms English:   Abscesses  
Tree Number:   C01.830.025
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 DG diagnostic imaging
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
RT radiotherapy RH rehabilitation
SU surgery TH therapy
TM transmission UR urine
VE veterinary VI virology
Record Number:   41 
Unique Identifier:   D000038 

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