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Do You Pop A Boil From A Staph Infection?
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What Is It?
Boils and carbuncles are skin infections usually caused by Staphylococcus aureus bacteria (staph). These staph infections form pockets in the skin that are filled with pus, which includes bacteria, dead skin cells and infection-fighting white blood cells. Whether the pocket of pus is called a boil or a carbuncle depends on its location and size:
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A boil, also called a furuncle, begins as a painful infection of a single hair follicle. Boils can grow to be larger...
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