Nonpuerperal mastitis in adolescents.
Mastitis in non-lactating adolescents is rare and its cause unclear. This retrospective study summarizes 22 such episodes, in 3 of which Staphylococcus aureus was isolated. Serum prolactin levels were normal. Most patients were successfully treated with oral amoxicillin-clavulanic acid. Three patients with bilateral breast cysts had a recurrence.
University Children's Hospital Zurich, Steinwiesstrasse 75, CH-8032 Zurich, Switzerland. Tamar.Stricker@kispi.unizh.ch
Tamar
T
Stricker
Francesca
F
Navratil
Ishilde
I
Forster
Renate
R
Hürlimann
Felix H
FH
Sennhauser
D000284:Administration, Oral; D000293:Adolescent; D019980:Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D047688:Breast Cyst / Q000175:diagnosis; D002648:Child; D002981:Clindamycin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D005436:Floxacillin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008413:Mastitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology; D011388:Prolactin / Q000097:blood; D012008:Recurrence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D002981:Clindamycin; D005436:Floxacillin; D019980:Amoxicillin-Potassium Clavulanate Combination; D011388:Prolactin