title: Group B streptococcal breast abscess.
abstract: A 22-year-old women was admitted to the hospital with a large, tender supraareolar mass of her right breast. Cultures of the purulent aspirate yielded beta-hemolytic group B streptococcus. Surgical incision and drainage, together with therapy with erythromycin ethylsuccinate in this penicillin-allergic patient, resulted in cure. This is the first report, to our knowledge, of group B streptococcus causing human breast abscess.
mesh_terms: D000038:Abscess / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D000328:Adult; D001941:Breast Diseases / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004322:Drainage; D004917:Erythromycin / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D015643:Erythromycin Ethylsuccinate; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012086:Reoperation; D013290:Streptococcal Infections / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D013292:Streptococcus agalactiae
chemical_list: D015643:Erythromycin Ethylsuccinate; D004917:Erythromycin