title: Case report of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) mastitis with abscess formation in a breastfeeding woman.
abstract: An afebrile woman with persistent nonhealing nipples and low-grade intermittent breast pain was diagnosed at 9 weeks postpartum with a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection of the left breast with abscess formation. Unilateral weaning allowed partial lactation to continue.
authors.affiliation: bwc@lactnews.com
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wilson-Clay
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008413:Mastitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D016106:Methicillin Resistance; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology*; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014886:Weaning