A breast abscess is a collection of pus that develops into the breast with different causes. During lactation, breast abscess develops only rarely, most sources cite about 0.4–0.5% of breastfeeding women. Known risk factors are age over 30, primiparous and late delivery. No correlation was found with smoking status however this may be in part because much fewer smoking women choose to breastfeed. Antibiotics were not shown effective in prevention of lactation abscess but are useful to treat a secondary infection .
Keratinizing squamous metaplasia of lactiferous ducts may play a similar role in the pathogenesis of nonpuerperal subareolar abscess.
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Basic information:
http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/breast-abscess/pages/introduction.aspx breast abscess
http://www.healthline.com/health/subareolar-abscess subareolar breast abscess
http://www.webmd.com/women/guide/breast-infection?page=2 breast infection
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http://www.healthlinkbc.ca/healthtopics/content.asp?hwid=tn8001 draining a breast abscess
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Advanced information:
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/781116-overview breast abscess and masses
http://patient.info/doctor/puerperal-mastitis puerperal mastitis
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/breast_infection/article_em.htm breast abscess
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http://serkadis.net/index/14750 serkadis breast abscess diagnosis and treatment
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https://online.epocrates.com/diseases/1084/mastitis-and-breast-abscess epocrates mastitis and breast abscess
Research:
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