Boils

References

Other Works Consulted

• Craft N, et al. (2008). Superficial cutaneous infections and pyodermas. In K Wolff et al., eds., Fitzpatrick's Dermatology in General Medicine, 7th ed., vol. 2, pp. 1694–1709. New York: McGraw-Hill.

• Morelli JG (2007). Cutaneous bacterial infections. In RM Kliegman et al., eds., Nelson Textbook of Pediatrics, 18th ed., pp. 2741–2745. Philadelphia: Saunders Elsevier.

• Swartz MN, Pasternack MS (2005). Cellulitis section of Cellulitis and subcutaneous tissue infections. In GL Mandell et al., eds., Mandell, Douglas, and Bennett's Principles and Practice of Infectious Diseases, 6th ed., vol. 1, pp. 1175–1176. Philadelphia: Elsevier Churchill Livingstone.

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