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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Elsaiey, MBBCH [2]

Overview

Breast abscess diagnosis depends only on the clinical manifestations of the abscess not the laboratory findings. However, a culture could be taken from the milk and the pus just to decide the antibiotics needed for the treatment.[1]

References

  1. Spencer JP (2008). "Management of mastitis in breastfeeding women". Am Fam Physician. 78 (6): 727–31. PMID 18819238.

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