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Template:Mastitis antibiotics
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- No need to routinely interrupt breastfeeding with puerperal mastitis.
- For mild symptoms <24 hours, supportive care may be sufficient[1]
- Effective milk removal (frequent breast feeding - use pumping to augment milk removal)
- Analgesia (NSAIDs)
Antibiotics
Treatment directed at S. aureus and Strep and E. coli
- Uncomplicated mastitis → 10 days of antibiotics (regardless of MRSA suspicion)[2]
- Cephalexin 500mg PO q6hrs OR
- Clindamycin 450mg PO q8hrs (also provides MRSA coverage) OR
- Amoxicillin/Clavulanate 875mg PO q12hrs OR
- Dicloxacillin 500mg PO q6hrs OR
- Azithromycin 500mg PO x1 on day 1, then 250mg PO daily for days 2-5
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