Acute Breast Sepsis

Suspected Breast Infection

 

 

Acute breast sepsis should be referred to the surgical admitting team e.g if systemically unwell, obvious abscess, or necrotic/compromised skin.

Clinical presentation of mastitis includes skin erythema, tenderness, firm and/or indurated tissue.

 

Initial Primary Care Management

• Lactational - High dose Flucloxacillin  (or Clarithromycin if penicillin allergic) for 10-14 days
• Non lactational - Augmentin (or Clarithromycin AND metronidazole if penicillin allergic) for 10-14 days

Review at 48 hours

• If improving, complete course
• If deteriorating, refer to the surgical admitting team.

 

Refer to the symptomatic breast clinic if:

• Resolution of symptoms is slow or symptoms are recurrent
• Patient over 50 years (alongside initiating treatment)

 

 

Date Reviewed                              November 2021

Next Review Date                          November 2022

Author                                            Dr I Boyd, RMS GP Sifter

Reviewed By                                  Dr M Attridge, RMS GP Sifter

Contributor                                     Dr Rebecca Osborne, GPwSI Breast, RCHT

 

 

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