Abscess: An abscess is a localized pocket of pus that has no blood supply, so getting antibiotics into it is virtually impossible. These need a combination of surgical drainage, debridement of devitalized tissue, culture of the materials drained, and then selection of an antibiotic based upon the culture and sensitivity results. See a combination of a breast surgeon and an infectious diseases expert.
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May require drainage: You usually start with antibiotics. Ask your doctor to do gram stain, culture and antibiotic sensitivity before she starts antibiotics. However, if this had been recurrent, it might had formed a fistula, than it needs to be drained surgically
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