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The diagnosis of boils and carbuncles is
usually made by the patient's primary care doctor on the basis of
visual examination of the skin. In some cases involving recurrent
boils on the face, the doctor may need to consider acne as a
possible diagnosis, but for the most part boils and carbuncles are
not difficult to distinguish from other skin disorders.
S. aureus can easily be cultured in the laboratory if the doctor
needs to rule out inclusion cysts or deep fungal infections that
gardeners sometimes get. The doctor can make a culture from pus
taken from the boil or carbuncle to confirm the diagnosis of a
staphylococcal infection. He or she can also culture the patient's
nasal discharge to test for the presence of a S. aureus colony. |
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