Table 1.

Proportion of bacterial phyla detected in breast milk of healthy, SAM and AM women.

Phylum	Healthy (Mean ± SD)	Subacute mastitis (Mean ± SD)	Acute mastitis (Mean ± SD)
Proteobacteria	41.14 ± 25.92	55.41 ± 21.47	52.34 ± 28.89
unclassified bacteria	36.73 ± 25.36	22.32 ± 23.49	34.89 ± 27.59
Firmicutes	18.33 ± 10.45	21.57 ± 14.42	9.96 ± 18.54
Actinobacteria	1.54 ± 0.86	0.20 ± 0.16	0.89 ± 0.76
Bacteroidetes	0.52 ± 0.38	0.128 ± 0.125	0.53 ± 0.71
Spirochaetes	0.01 ± 0.012	0.13 ± 0.30	0.79 ± 2.18
Synergistetes	0.82 ± 0.55	0.007 ± 0.011	0.012 ± 0.16
Tenericutes	0.53 ± 0.44	0.05 ± 0.121	0.10 ± 0.12