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Table 1 Distribution of soft tissue abscesses and cellulitis throughout the body

From: The epidemiology and clinical spectrum of melioidosis in a teaching hospital in a North-Eastern state of Malaysia: a fifteen-year review

Anatomic location

Skin and soft tissuesa

Intradermal abscess

N = 29

Cellulitis

N = 23

Intramuscular abscess

N = 17

Hand

1

2

 

Foot

7

3

 

Neck

5

1

 

Leg

 

10

 

Head

2

4

 

Knee

1

1

 

Shoulder

1

  

Armpit

2

  

Scrotum

2

  

Chest wall

1

  

Back

1

  

Abdominal wall

2

  

Face

 

1

 

Forearm

4

1

2

Thigh

  

6

Calf

  

8

Gluteal

  

1

  1. aA single patient may had several abscesses and/or cellulitis
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BMC Infectious Diseases

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