{"title":"A Case Report on Injection Site Abscess Due to Staphylococcus epidermidis","authors":"Jiya Thomas","doi":"10.5530/amdhs.2022.2.5","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"An injection site abscess is a iatrogenic infection commonly caused by micro-organisms like Pseudomonas, Klebsiella , Escherichia coli , Staphylococcus aureus , Staphylococcus epidermidis etc. Staphylococcus epidermidis an anaerobic gram-positive cocci bacteria cause most common nosocomial infection and it leads to serious complications and interprofessional team is required for the management of such infections. Here is a case report of 63 year old patient who presents with injection site abscess due to Staphylococcus epidermidis .","PeriodicalId":237766,"journal":{"name":"Advances in Medical, Dental and Health Sciences","volume":"15 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2022-09-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Advances in Medical, Dental and Health Sciences","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.5530/amdhs.2022.2.5","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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An injection site abscess is a iatrogenic infection commonly caused by micro-organisms like Pseudomonas, Klebsiella , Escherichia coli , Staphylococcus aureus , Staphylococcus epidermidis etc. Staphylococcus epidermidis an anaerobic gram-positive cocci bacteria cause most common nosocomial infection and it leads to serious complications and interprofessional team is required for the management of such infections. Here is a case report of 63 year old patient who presents with injection site abscess due to Staphylococcus epidermidis .