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pus, thick white or yellowish fluid that forms in areas of infection such as wounds and abscesses. It is constituted of decomposed body tissue, bacteria (or other micro-organisms that cause the infection), and certain white blood cells. These white cells form one of the defense mechanisms of the body. Known as phagocytes, they rush to the area of infection and engulf the invading bacteria in a process called phagocytosis. Many white cells themselves succumb in the process and become one of the constituents of pus. pus the yellow or greenish fluid product of inflammation, composed largely of dead leucocytes, exuded plasma, and liquefied tissue cells |
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| 4,6) Intense suppuration and multiple tympanic membrane perforations have been described in some textbooks, but contemporary cases differ in that the presentation reflects a more chronic and indolent disease, and multiple perforations are rare. More invasive than disease caused by the urogenital serovars (D-K), LGV can manifest as 1) an inguinal syndrome, with genital ulceration and inguinal lymphadenopathy (buboes) and subsequent suppuration, and 2) an anogenitorectal syndrome, with proctocolitis and hyperplasia of intestinal and perirectal lymphatic tissue. You know the importance of it, the struggle with the details, the normal course of healing, what to watch for, the formation of scar tissue, the infectious suppuration. |
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