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Methicillin-resistant staphylococcal mastitis
1Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, South Miami Hospital, FL.
A postpartum patient had a unilateral breast infection that responded to cephalosporin treatment. During therapy, the contralateral breast developed a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection. The patient was hospitalized and treated successfully with intravenous vancomycin. Obstetricians should be alert to this possibility when treating patients with postpartum mastitis.
A postpartum patient had a unilateral breast infection that responded to cephalosporin treatment. During therapy, the contralateral breast developed a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection. The patient was hospitalized and treated successfully with intravenous vancomycin. Obstetricians should be alert to this possibility when treating patients with postpartum mastitis.