Re: breast cellulitis

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At Thu, 12 Jun 2003, lisa wrote: >
>I developed cellulitis of the right breast 2 weeks after delivery. AN
>abscess was excluded by 2 ultrasound scans and I was treated with
>penicillin v and flucloxacillin for 14 days. 48 hours after stopping I
>became severely unwell again with further cellulitis at the same site. I
>am now on my 5th day of erythromycin 2g daily and the area is slowly
>improving. A further ultrasound has again excluded an abscess. I am
>worried that the infection is going to flare up as soon as I stop
>antibiotics again and that I have had nearly three weeks of treatment
>blind without any way of isolating the cause of the infection. I am
>still breast feeding from the healthy breast whilst the tissue is solid
>but not engorged on the infected side. I cannot feed or express by pump
>or hand from the infected breast so am leaving it alone but I wonder if
>the stimulation of breast feeding might prolong the healing process. I
>wonder if there is any evidence that this could happen and would be very
>grateful for any advice

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Alicia M. Lapidus M.D.
Director Obgyn.net Latina
Chief of Staff Obstetrics, Hospital J. A. Fernández
Buenos Aires
Argentina
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