A Clinical and Bacteriological Study of Breast Abscess In Female Patients | ||
| Medical Journal of Babylon | ||
| Article 1, Volume 11, Issue 2, June 2014, Pages 359-364 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Mohammed Sabri Abdul-Razzaq; Noori Berum; ; Hussein Noor Kadum | ||
| Abstract | ||
| In this study, pus samples from seventy-one female patients admitted to the Breast Diseases Center, Hilla Teaching Hospital from September 2004 to June 2005 have been investigated. The samples have been classified into two groups: the first one included 53 lactating patients, ranging from 17 to 45 years , and the second did 18 non-lactating patients, where age ranged from 3 months to 57 years . The results have revealed a remarkably high incidence of breast abscess among lactating patients (74.6%).The high infection rate (54.7%) in the first group has been among those who were 20-29 years old, whereas in the second group ,the high infection rate (44.4%) has been among those who were 40-49 years old .It has also been found that the breast abscess is higher among multiparty women (66.2%). As for the first group ,the high incidence of breast abscess occurs mostly at the third month postpartum (45.3%) .It has Also been found that the incidence of subcutaneous abscess is higher than other types of breast abscess among the first group patients (52.8%) , whereas in the second group , the subareolar abscess is higher than other types (77.8%) . Furthermore, it has been found that the high incidence of breast abscess occurs in the left breast (60.56%) .Meantime , infection is higher among women of rural area (64.8%).The results of the bacteriological diagnosis have revealed that the species and percentage of bacteria isolated from the first group are Staphylococcus aureus (73.6%), Moraxella catarrhalis (5.7%), Streptococcus pyogenes (3.8%) and Staphylococcus epedermidis (1.9%). Whereas in the second group , the bacteria growth has been S.aureus (27.8%), Arcanobacterium haemolyticum (22.2%) and M.catarrhalis (11.1%) . | ||
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