Kalstone C
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, South Miami Hospital, FL.
Am J Obstet Gynecol. 1989 Jul;161(1):120. doi: 10.1016/0002-9378(89)90247-0.
A postpartum patient had a unilateral breast infection that responded to cephalosporin treatment. During therapy, the contralateral breast developed a methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infection. The patient was hospitalized and treated successfully with intravenous vancomycin. Obstetricians should be alert to this possibility when treating patients with postpartum mastitis.