title: Evaluation and treatment of mastitis in infants.
abstract: We reviewed cases of mastitis in infants treated at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta from 2005 to 2011. Among infants with breast cultures, Staphylococcus aureus was the most common cause. No infant with a positive breast culture had a concordant positive culture elsewhere. Our findings argue that urine, blood and spinal fluid cultures are unnecessary in well-appearing afebrile infants with mastitis.
authors.affiliation: From the *Department of Pediatrics; †Division of Infectious Diseases, Emory School of Medicine; ‡Children's Healthcare of Atlanta; and §Division of General Pediatric Hospitalists, Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA.
authors.forename: Edwin C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Montague
authors.forename: Joseph
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hilinski
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Andresen
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cooley
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016470:Bacteremia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D008413:Mastitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000382:microbiology*; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D013129:Spinal Puncture; D013203:Staphylococcal Infections / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000382:microbiology; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents