title: A lactating woman presenting with puerperal pneumococcal mastitis: a case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Streptococcus pneumoniae is an uncommon etiologic agent in soft-tissue infections.
  
  
  METHODS
  We report the case of a 35-year-old Caucasian woman who presented to our facility with puerperal pneumococcal mastitis, and review the only other three cases of pneumococcal mastitis described in the medical literature.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The roles of the various pneumococcal vaccines in preventing this disease are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, Jewish General Hospital, 3755 Cote-Ste-Catherine, Montreal, Quebec, H3T 1E2, Canada. mmiller@jgh.mcgill.ca.
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Miedzybrodzki
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Miller