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. 2013 Apr 25:7:114.
doi: 10.1186/1752-1947-7-114.

A lactating woman presenting with puerperal pneumococcal mastitis: a case report

Barbara Miedzybrodzki  1 , Mark Miller
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A lactating woman presenting with puerperal pneumococcal mastitis: a case report

Barbara Miedzybrodzki et al. J Med Case Rep. .

Abstract

Introduction: Streptococcus pneumoniae is an uncommon etiologic agent in soft-tissue infections.

Case presentation: We report the case of a 35-year-old Caucasian woman who presented to our facility with puerperal pneumococcal mastitis, and review the only other three cases of pneumococcal mastitis described in the medical literature.

Conclusions: The roles of the various pneumococcal vaccines in preventing this disease are discussed.

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