Table 3.

Correlations between symptoms and bacterial counts in women with mastitis (n = 192)

Bacterial species
	CNS	Viridans streptococci	Staphylococcus aureus	Group B Streptococci	Enterococcus faecalis
Symptoms
Fever	r = 0.20 p = 0.06	r = 0.14 p = 0.21	r = 0.05 p = 0.72	r = 0.09 p = 0.63	r = 0.15 p = 0.62
Erythema	r = 0.06 p = 0.44	r = 0.008 p = 0.93	r = 0.15 p = 0.16	r = -0.21 p = 0.30	r = 0.24 p = 0.38
Unrelieved breast tension	r = -0.04 p = 0.64	r = 0.11 p = 0.30	r = -0.01 p = 0.95	r = -0.05 p = 0.75	r = 0.41 p = 0.11
Pain	r = -0.02 p = 0.90	r = 0.74 p = 0.43	r = 0.05 p = 0.62	r = -0.24 p = 0.14	r = 0.42 p = 0.90
Severity Index	r = -0.01 p = 0.91	r = 0.07 p = 0.50	r = 0.09 p = 0.45	r = -0.21 p = 0.18	r = 0.31 p = 0.30

r = Pearson's correlation coefficient, CNS = coagulase negative staphylococci