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From: "Catherine Watson Genna, IBCLC" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2007 6:18 PM
Subject: Re: [LACTNET] mastitis treatment

**Hello Catherine,

> The standard treatment for mastitis is antibiotic for 10 days minimum. 3 
> day treatment will leave mom vulnerable to a recurrence. Keflex is one of 
> the recommended medications.

**Do you, in your advice on treatment, discern between a sterile mastitis 
and a bacterial infection of the breast?

Regards,

Marianne Vanderveen,
VBN-volunteer, IBCLC next year, Netherlands 

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