Division SST-BRST: Breast abscess or mastitis

A breast abscess or mastitis must meet at least one of the following criteria:

• Patient has a positive culture of affected breast tissue or fluid obtained by incision and drainage or needle aspiration

• Patient has a breast abscess or other evidence of infection seen during a surgical operation or histopathologic examination

• Patient has fever (> 38 °C) and local inflammation of the breast

AND physician diagnosis of breast abscess