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Boils and carbuncles are acute infections of hair follicles and surrounding tissue caused by Staphylococcus and Streptococcus bacteria. Boils often occur in adolescents and present as painful swollen nodules that eventually rupture and drain pus. Carbuncles involve deeper infection of multiple adjacent follicles, present as large painful infiltrates that can develop necrosis. Treatment involves antibiotics, incision and drainage of carbuncles, with risks of complications like lymphadenitis, abscesses or spr

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Kandiwapa Shivute

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