Cystic Neutrophilic Granulomatous Mastitis:  Association With Gram-Positive Bacilli and Corynebacterium.

Anatomic Pathology / Cystic Neutrophilic Granulomatous Mastitis

Although granulomatous lobular mastitis is associated with gram-positive bacilli such as Corynebacterium, this association is not well known. We report 3 cases of mastitis caused by gram-positive bacilli. All 3 abscesses were suppurative with distinct enlarged cystic spaces in which rare gram-positive bacilli were identified. Two cases were also granulomatous. Cultures in all 3 cases were negat...

Corynebacterium accolens isolated from breast abscess: possible association with granulomatous mastitis.

Corynebacterium accolens is rarely isolated as a human pathogen. We describe here a case of C. accolens isolated from a breast abscess in a patient previously diagnosed with granulomatous mastitis. The possible association of Corynebacterium accolens and granulomatous mastitis in this patient is discussed.

Granulomatous Mastitis Breast Abscess: Possible Association with Isolated from Corynebacterium accolens

Relationship between Mastitis Agents and Somatic Cell Count in Foremilk Samples

The purpose of the study was to determine the microorganism species dependently on somatic cell count (SCC) in foremilk (inflammatory secretion) samples. Bacteriological examinations of 18 713 samples taken from clinically and subclinically (CMT positive) inflamed quarters were performed according to standard methods. Above 13% of the samples originated from quarters previously treated with ant...

Granulomatous mastitis. A review of 5 cases.

A review of 67 cases diagnosed as granulomatous, tuberculous or fungal mastitis revealed 5 cases which were similar, clinically and histopathologically, to the new entity of granulomatous mastitis described by Kessler and Wolloch. The 5 patients were young women of childbearing age, 4 with breast lesions clinically simulating carcinoma of the breast. Histopathological examination showed granulo...