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> --- On Sat, 11/8/08, Catharine Decker <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> From: Catharine Decker <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: [LACTNET] MRSA breast infection
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Saturday, November 8, 2008, 2:26 AM
>
> My search of the archives turned up no posts more recent than 2005.  I was
> hoping someone could give me updated information on treatment
> recommendations for breastfeeding women with MRSA breast infection and
> their babies.
>


Info in the following doesn't answer all your questions, but I hope
something is of use...

http://otispregnancy.org/pdf/staphylococcus_aureus.pdf

http://www.cdc.gov/EID/content/13/2/298.htm

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/580098

RE: Breast Abscess Commonly Linked With MRSA (including last paragraph of
article, as it's not included in the related Green Journal abstract)

September 5, 2008 — Breast abscess is commonly associated with
methicillin-resistant *Staphylococcus aureus* (MRSA), according to the
results of a study reported in the September issue of *Obstetrics &
Gynecology*...

"Community-acquired MRSA was most commonly associated with breast abscess,"
the study authors write. "The empiric use of antibiotics ineffective against
community-acquired MRSA did not adversely affect the outcomes in this
study... We discovered that the most important component of treatment for
the cohort consisted of draining the infected breast, either by manual
emptying, breastfeeding, or, in cases with abscess, incision and drainage."

*Obstet Gynecol*. 2008;112:533-537 (
http://www.greenjournal.org/cgi/content/abstract/112/3/533)




Karen Gromada
www.karengromada.com/