Abstract

Mastitis and breast abscess are very rare infectious conditions in the neonatal period. Although the etiology has not been clarified yet, breast massages applied to the newborns that have physiologic breast hypertrophy disrupt dermal integrity, facilitate dissemination of microorganisms and lead to manifestations of neonatal mastitis. Herein, a newborn case with the diagnosis of neonatal mastitis after breast massage was presented to attract attention to the development of neonatal mastitis with serious complications, if early diagnosis and therapy cannot be accomplished.