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Patients should seek medical help if their symptoms do not improve within 48 hours after antibiotic therapy for mastitis, or if a tender breast lump develops that is not relieved by breast-feeding. They should contact a pediatrician if their nursing child shows signs of illness or develops a diaper rash while the mother is taking antibiotics. Patients can be reassured that a breast infection does not increase the chances of developing breast cancer.[13]
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