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== Background ==

* Acute inflammation of the breast tissue
* Main causes appear to be either milk stasis (causing non-infectious inflammation) and infection

=== Microbiology ===

* Often non-infectious
* [[Staphylococus]] species are most common[[CiteRef::marín2017id]]
** [[Staphylococcus aureus]]
** Coagulase-negative staphylococci, particularly [[Staphylococcus epidermidis]]
* Streptococcus species, including [[Streptococcus mitis]], [[Streptococcus salivarius]], and [[Streptococcus parasanguinis]]
* Others: [[Rothia]], [[Corynebacterium tuberculostearicum]] and other [[Corynebacterium|corynebacteria]], [[Enterococcus]]

[[Category:Obstetrical medicine]]