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Antibiotics vs placebo or usual care

Incidence of mastitis within 6 months postpartum · postpartum breastfeeding women

Antibiotics showed no clear difference in incidence of mastitis within 6 months postpartum compared with usual care or placebo (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Interventions for preventing mastitis after childbirth 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.37 [0.1, 1.34]
3 studies · 429 participants
Low

Antibiotics vs topical treatments

Incidence of mastitis within 6 months postpartum · postpartum breastfeeding women

Antibiotics showed no clear difference in incidence of mastitis within 6 months postpartum ‐ Antibiotics… compared with topical treatments (low certainty).

2 findings from 1 review

Interventions for preventing mastitis after childbirth 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.22 [0.03, 1.81]
1 study · 36 participants
Low
Interventions for preventing mastitis after childbirth 2020 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
RR 0.44 [0.05, 3.89]
1 study · 44 participants
Low