CA-MRSA puerperal mastitis and breast abscess: a potential problem emerging in Europe with many unanswered questions.
Puerperal mastitis and breast abscess caused by community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (CA-MRSA) is a condition rarely described in Europe to date. We report and comment on a case of CA-MRSA puerperal breast abscess in a 22-year-old primiparous mother. This aetiology was suspected before the antibiotic susceptibility profile of the strain isolated from the abscess was known on account of a history of previous skin colonisation detected in her baby. Additionally, the most striking epidemiological and therapeutic aspects, potential consequences of cross-infection between mother and child, and infection control management of this entity are briefly reviewed and discussed.
Department of Paediatrics, Manacor Hospital, Majorca, Spain. 32148apl@gmail.com
Andrés
A
Pérez
Lourdes
L
Orta
Emma
E
Padilla
Xavier
X
Mesquida
D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D021821:Communicable Diseases, Emerging / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D008413:Mastitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D055624:Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D011645:Puerperal Infection / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis*; D055815:Young Adult