While looking for info for a client on breast abscess, I came across this link: http://www.surgery.uiowa.edu/prbr.html titled : DIAGNOSIS AND MANAGEMENT OF BREAST PROBLEMS DURING PREGNANCY AND LACTATION It has some great pictures! BUT I question this statement :" Because milk is an excellent culture medium, the breast must be kept empty. Breast feeding from the contralateral side may usually be continued; suckling from the affected breast has been reported to cause pneumonia in the infant and should be avoided." Causes pneumonia? Anyone every hear of this? I am e mailing to the doctor that wrote this the get references....... I will post here when I hear back from him! Cindy Curtis,RN,IBCLC mailto:[log in to unmask] http://www.erols.com/cindyrn *********************************************** The LACTNET mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software together with L-Soft's LSMTP(TM) mailer for lightning fast mail delivery. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html