Emerging Infectious Disease ISSN: 1080-6059

Postpartum Mastitis and Community-acquired Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Pavani Reddy*

, Chao Qi*, Teresa Zembower*, Gary A. Noskin*, and Maureen Bolon*

Author affiliations: *Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, Illinois, USA;

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Cases of Staphylococcus aureus–associated postpartum mastitis at a single institution, 1998–2005. Cochrane-Armitage test for linear trend suggests a relative increase in methicillin-resistant cases during the study period; p = 0.04.

Figure 1. Cases of Staphylococcus aureus–associated postpartum mastitis at a single institution, 1998–2005. Cochrane-Armitage test for linear trend suggests a relative increase in methicillin-resistant cases during the study period; p = 0.04.

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