Purulent drainage is easily spotted, as it is thick and can vary in color, from grayish or yellow to green and even brown. Purulent drainage usually indicates a sign of an infection.

Article Published: 01 April 2003 Effect of Chondroitinase ABC on Purulent Sputum from Cystic Fibrosis and Other Patients Ismat A Khatri, K Ramakrishnan Bhaskar, J Thomas Lamont, S Umadevi Sajjan ...

Purulent drainage is a type of fluid that is released from a surgical or open wound. It’s almost always a sign of infection. If you’re healing from a wound, you should keep a close eye on its ...

Purulent drainage is a sign of infection. It’s made up of white blood cells trying to fight the infection, plus the residue from any bacteria pushed out of the wound.

Antibiotic Selection for Purulent Skin and Soft-Tissue Infections in Ambulatory Care: A Decision-Analytic Approach Hersh AL, Weintrub PS, and Cabana MD Acad Pediatr. 2009;9:179-184 ...

Occurrence of Bruits in Relation to Age and Purulent Meningitis. The 155 patients in the febrile control group had temperatures of 100.8°F (38.2°C) by rectum or higher.

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A 61-year-old Asian woman presents with a recurrent cluster of painful, fluid-filled bumps on her left buttock. She reports that similar episodes have occurred intermittently over the past year, each ...

A 60-year-old man with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus and associated neuropathy presents to his family doctor with a wound on the plantar aspect of his left foot. He has no history of foot ...

Case A 56-year-old woman presents to her GP with a five-year history of a chronic cough that is productive of purulent sputum. She has required two to three courses of oral antibiotics per year over ...

Lee Hong-ki was suffering from purulent adenitis. Hidradenitis suppurativa is a rare disease in which persistent boils occur in the sweat glands, such as hips and armpits.