It's been years since I posted to Lacnet, been reading archieves but now I have a question. I have a professional relatinship with a mother of a 6 month old. Mom is a family nurse practitioner and a certified nurse midwife, along with being my clinical preceptor for my nurse practitioner program. She has had MRSA breast abcess early on in PP, which was I&D'd and treated with in hospital IV antibiotics. She has again experienced 2 more bouts of mastitis, assumed to be MRSA, and treated. She is being heavily pressured by her family and her primary care MD to STOP bf but of course she does not want to. We have assumed that she was colonized through her job, our pts have a high rate of MRSA. Her husband is a physician, and he could also be a source of infection. We were talking about having baby's nose cultured, as the literature states that baby can be colonized and pass it to mom. That's where we lose the trail though, IF baby is colonized, I can't find anything talking about if he should be treated or if that would reduce mother's ongoing battle with MRSA. Baby has been healthy. Any input into this or suggestions of literature would be greatly appreciated. I have done a pretty extensive lit search through the med library and can't find much at all. Thanks. *********************************************** Archives: http://community.lsoft.com/archives/LACTNET.html To reach list owners: [log in to unmask] Mail all list management commands to: [log in to unmask] COMMANDS: 1. To temporarily stop your subscription write in the body of an email: set lactnet nomail 2. To start it again: set lactnet mail 3. To unsubscribe: unsubscribe lactnet 4. To get a comprehensive list of rules and directions: get lactnet welcome