Problem: Inpatient admission: The patient, a woman with type 1 diabetes, was admitted because of increased swelling of the right foot that was determined to be an abscess. Staphylococcus aureus grew from the abscess. She underwent a percutaneous incision and drainage of the foot abscess. Her course in the hospital otherwise was essentially unremarkable. The foot gradually improved with antibiotic therapy, hyperbaric oxygen therapy, and daily whirlpool therapy. Discharge diagnoses: (1) Abscess right foot, (2) type 1 diabetes mellitus.