Call for an appointment with your health care provider if symptoms indicate skin abscess is present. Call for an appointment with your health care provider if signs of superficial skin infection occur, including fever , pain, redness, localized swelling , drainage that looks like pus or is bloody. Also call for an appointment with your health care provider if new symptoms develop during or after treatment for skin abscess. Abscesses are sometimes referred to as boils. These infections are usually painful, especially when pressed.
Abscesses contain pus, which becomes apparent when they are lanced.
The most frequently seen organism associated with abscesses is staphylococcus. Other red spots are visible which are infected but have not yet filled with pus. A large pustule is seen on the infant's left thigh.