Table 4.

Bacterial findings in breast milk of i) women prescribed antibiotics on the basis of symptoms alone and ii) women who presented with or developed abscess during treatment

	Concentrations of bacterial species expressed in cfu/L
	CNS	S. aureus	Viridans streptococci	Pneumococci	Group B streptococci	Group A streptococi
Women prescribed antibiotics on the basis of their symptoms
No.1	106				108
No.2	108	105
No.3	106		105
No.4		104	105
No.5	108	108
No.6		Not quantified				Not quantified
No.7 No culture carried out
Women who presented with or developed breast abscess during treatment
No.1	107
No.2	106	107	107
No.3	107	107
No.4	106	104
No.5	106	107	105
No.6	106			106
No.7	106	106