Close-up of the abdomen of a 16 year old male patient, showing an infected appendectomy wound two weeks after surgery. Appendectomy is the removal of

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Close-up of the abdomen of a 16 year old male patient, showing an infected appendectomy wound two weeks after surgery. Appendectomy is the removal of the appendix. This is a post operative bacterial infection.

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