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I have an abscess on my buttock for the past two days. I have been cleaning it regularly with betadine and dettol. I am also applying mupirocin ointment on it. Puss has started draining from most of it since yesterday, but still I can feel some puss inside. The skin around it has mostly turned black and started peeling off with new skin coming under it. Should I take oral amoxicillin/any other antibiotic? I can feel another similar infection starting to develop close to the area.
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Hi sir it will be easier to opine if I could see the pictures of skin condition. Severe skin infections usually require oral antibiotics. Thank you.
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