Clinical inquiry: what's the best way to relieve mastitis in breastfeeding mothers?

Cabou, A.; Babineau, S.; St Anna, L.

Journal of Family Practice 60(9): 551-552

2011


ISSN/ISBN: 0094-3509
PMID: 21901184
Document Number: 652787
Frequent breast emptying helps both infectious and noninfectious mastitis. Antibiotics may be useful for women with positive milk cultures, but their utility for treating undifferentiated mastitis is unknown. Consider prescribing antibiotics for women whose mastitis symptoms don' t improve after 12 to 24 hours of frequent breast emptying.

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