Breast abscess causes
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Ahmed Elsaiey, MBBCH [2]
Overview
Breast abscess is a bacterial infectious disease that is caused by many bacterial pathogens and it may also be caused by fungi mostly common candida through the infant mouth. The most common bacterial pathogen causing breast abscess is the staphylococcus aureus. It is almost caused by the same pathogens causing mastitis. To understand the common species causing breast abscess we can classify them into gram positive and gram negative bacteria. [1][2][3]
Causes
| Bacterial pathogens causing breast abscess | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gram positive | Gram negative | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Staphylococcus Aureus (Most common cause of the lactational abscess) •MRSA (Became a common pathogen causing the abscess) •Coagulase negative Staphylococcus Aureus | Streptococcus pyogenes | Lactobacillus | Clostridium | Veillonella spp. | Bacteroides spp. | Escherichia coli | Enterobacteria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
References
- ↑ Dabbas N, Chand M, Pallett A, Royle GT, Sainsbury R (2010). “Have the organisms that cause breast abscess changed with time?–Implications for appropriate antibiotic usage in primary and secondary care”. Breast J. 16 (4): 412–5. doi:10.1111/j.1524-4741.2010.00923.x. PMID 20443790.
- ↑ Kaneda HJ, Mack J, Kasales CJ, Schetter S (2013). “Pediatric and adolescent breast masses: a review of pathophysiology, imaging, diagnosis, and treatment”. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 200 (2): W204–12. doi:10.2214/AJR.12.9560. PMID 23345385.
- ↑ Surani S, Chandna H, Weinstein RA (1993). “Breast abscess: coagulase-negative staphylococcus as a sole pathogen”. Clin Infect Dis. 17 (4): 701–4. PMID 8268353.
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