Background Breastfeeding women are at risk of developing mastitis during the lactation
period. Staphylococcus aureus has emerged as the community-acquired pathogen …

Aim There are no specific recommendations for using a mother's fresh milk for her preterm
infant. We reviewed the available evidence on its collection, storage and administration …

This meta-analysis was conducted to identify maternal risk factors for lactational mastitis.
Studies published in English or Chinese were retrieved from Medline (PubMed), Embase …

Successful breastfeeding requires efficient milk transfer through the nipple-areolar complex,
which includes subareolar tissue. Subareolar tissue resistance increases during …

A central goal of The Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine is the development of clinical
protocols, free from commercial interest or influence, for managing common medical …

Sub-acute mastitis (SAM) is a prevalent disease among lactating women, being one of the
main reasons for early weaning. Although the etiology and diagnosis of acute mastitis (AM) …

Inflammatory disorders of the breast are common benign breast conditions. Lactational
mastitis occurs in breastfeeding women and may be associated with breast abscess in …

Formal medical education on the topic of lactation and breastfeeding remains limited. Breast
surgical oncology fellowships focus on the clinical and operative management of malignant …

Idiopathic granulomatous mastitis (IGM) is a rare and benign inflammatory breast disease
with ambiguous aetiology. Contrastingly, lactational mastitis (LM) is commonly diagnosed in …

Background Lactational breast abscesses are uncommon in the puerperium but when they
do develop, delays in specialist referral may occur especially in resource low settings. There …