Mastitis

Mastitis is a topic covered in the Johns Hopkins ABX Guide.

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PATHOGENS

Noninfectious causes
Staphylococcus aureus including MRSA
Coagulase-negative Staphylococci
Corynebacterium spp. (role in disease uncertain)
- C. kroppenstedtii
  - Clinical isolates of this organism have been almost entirely reported in women with breast abscesses and/or granulomatous mastitis.
- C. amycolatum
- C. tuberculostearicum
Streptococcal species (e.g, Streptococcus mitis)
Peptostreptococcus
Prevotella species
Bacteroides species
Mycobacterium tuberculosis (endemic regions especially, TB mastitis generally rare but may be up to 4% of TB presentations in India)
Patients with history of recurrent breast abscesses, up to 20% have mixed flora.

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Last updated: January 3, 2018

Citation

Auwaerter, Paul. "Mastitis." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2018. Pediatrics Central, peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540333/all/Mastitis.

Auwaerter P. Mastitis. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2018. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540333/all/Mastitis. Accessed April 24, 2019.

Auwaerter, P. (2018). Mastitis. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. Available from https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540333/all/Mastitis

Auwaerter P. Mastitis [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2018. [cited 2019 April 24]. Available from: https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540333/all/Mastitis.

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