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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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| However, the following week she visited the emergency department of her local hospital with left-sided suppurative cervical lymphadenitis. Meanwhile, more than 10% of cases of acute otitis media in children do not improve even with antibiotic treatment, and in countries with low antibiotic prescription rates, the rate of suppurative complications of otitis media is twice that of other countries. 1) Between 1970 and 1997, numerous articles appeared in the Russian literature, and in 1999, another was published in this country, exploring the use of negative pressure for managing suppurative (pus exuding) wounds. |
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