Mastitis Nonpuerperalis after Nipple Piercing: Time to Act

International Journal of Fertility and Women's Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 226-231

  Jacobs, Volker R ^a   Golombeck, Kirstin ^b   Jonat, Walter ^b   Kiechle, Marion ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast abscess; Complications; Infection; Mastitis nonpuerperalis; Nipple piercing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST ABSCESS; ENDOCARDITIS; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; INJURY; INTERNET; MALE; MASTITIS; MASTITIS NONPUERPERALIS; MEDLINE; MENTAL STRESS; NIPPLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS INFECTION; PUNCTURE; RECURRENT INFECTION; REVIEW; VALVULAR HEART DISEASE; WOUND HEALING;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASTITIS; MIDDLE AGED; NIPPLES; PUNCTURES; WOUND HEALING;

EID: 0242720215     PISSN: 1534892X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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