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. 1995;3(2):64-6.
doi: 10.1155/S1064744995000330.

Nonpuerperal breast infection

C M Casas  1 , M Pérez, J C Alados, J Fontes, G Orellana, J M Aguilar, J A Miranda, M de la Rosa
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Nonpuerperal breast infection

C M Casas et al. Infect Dis Obstet Gynecol. 1995.

Abstract

Objective: We undertook a microbiological study of purulent specimens from women with symptomatic breast abscesses.

Methods: Fifty-one purulent samples were collected in 2 periods (December 1991-April 1992 and January 1994-June 1994) from nonpuerperal breast abscesses in 44 patients attending our hospital.

Results: One of the most frequently isolated microorganisms was Proteus mirabilis (9 patients, 20.4%), present as a pure culture in all but 1 specimen (isolated together with Peptostreptococcus spp.). Staphylococcus aureus was isolated in 10 specimens, 6 of which were post-tumorectomy abscesses. Polymicrobial anaerobic flora were isolated in 11 specimens (21.5%); Staphylococcus epidermidis in 4 (8%); and Streptococcus milleri,Alcaligenes sp., and mixed aerobic-anaerobic flora in 1 specimen each. The 7 remaining samples (13.7%) were negative bacteriological cultures.

Conclusions: We draw attention to the frequent isolation of P. mirabilis in recurrent and torpid breast abscesses in 4 women in whom surgery was necessary in addition to antibiotic treatment.

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