Clinical and Microbiological Profile of Post Intramuscular Injection Abscesses at a Tertiary Care Hospital: A Prospective Study.
Journal Title: PARIPEX-Indian Journal of Research - Year 2015, Vol 4, Issue 8
Abstract
An abscess is a collection of pus, a thick fluid which contains white blood cells, dead tissue and bacteria1. On appearance, an abscess will be a hard lump surrounded by inflamed tissue. They can develop anywhere on the body, but commonly occur under the skin close to the anus – known as a gluteal abscess2. Therefore a gluteal abscess does not grow in the anus itself (a perianal abscess) but below it. To be precise, they form under the skin on the subcutaneous plane of the buttock muscle. This usually occurs when the glands in the perianal area become infected3. However, a gluteal abscess may also arise from the necrosis of fat in the buttock, which is caused by repeated trauma to the tissue (for example, from frequent injections)2. Gluteal abscess is most commonly seen in day to day surgical practice.They can be presented to a surgeon as acute and chronic gluteal abscesses.Gluteal abscesses after intramuscular injections are the most common cause encountered at our centre.Most of the patients who present to our centre were previously treated at other primary health care centres where treatment was ineffective and patient had no relief of symptoms. As gluteal abscess are the most common presentations in surgical emergency wards and there are very few studies done to establish the cause of these abscesses and also the microbiological profile of the organisms grown in these abscesses and how to prevent the recurrence of these abscesess, to evaluate all these points this study was conducted at our institute.The treatment for any abscess anywhere in the body is incision and drainage and so is with gluteal abscess. This is one of its kind study which studies about the most common cause of gluteal abscess being intramuscular injections and also it highlights about the micro-biological profile.
Authors and Affiliations
Dr Thrishuli P. B, Dr Shivanand Reddy K. V, Dr. Gowri. V. R
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