Breast infections - Microbiology and treatment in an era of antibiotic resistance

摘要

Introduction: Primary breast abscesses occur in <1% of non-lactating women, rising to 11% in women with lactational mastitis. In patients undergoing breast cancer surgery, the inflammatory response to post-operative surgical site infection (SSI) has been implicated in recurrence. Anti-microbial resistance increasingly hampers treatment in each group.