Tuesday, February 14, 2012
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Mastitis Learning Center

Treatments could include:
A penicillinase-resistant penicillin or a cephalosporin, for six to 10 days, can both be used to treat mastitis. Low doses of erythromycin or trimethoprin-sulfamethoxazole over an extended period of time have been used to treat chronic mastitis. B...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
The antibiotics dicloxacillin and erythromycin are both used to treat mastitis. Breastfeeding should be continued, because the rate of abscess formation (an abscess is a persistent pocket of pus) in the infected breast goes up steeply among women ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Oral rehydration therapy (ORT) involves the replacement of fluids and electrolytes lost during an episode of diarrheal illness. Diarrheal illnesses are pervasive worldwide, and they have a particularly large impact in the developing world. Childre...
Source:Gale Nutrition and Well-Being A to Z
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