Multiple choice

Which among the following is a bacterial inflammation of breast tissue in human beings?

  1. Gastroenteritis

  2. Mastitis

  3. Sepsis

  4. Meningitis

  5. Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis

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B Correct answer
Explanation

Mastitis is the inflammation of breast tissue. S. aureus is the most common etiological organism responsible, but S. epidermidis and streptococci are occasionally isolated as well. Mastitis can be classified as milk stasis, non-infectious or infectious inflammation and abscess.