A call to action for evidence-based safer conception interventions for HIV-affected couples desiring children in Sub-Saharan Africa

Abstract

resolved and the follow-up period was two months. Both adolescents had no history of diabetes, smoking, sexual activity, or corticosteroid/contraceptive use. The age of menarche in both girls was 11 years. Predisposing factors for mastitis and breast abscess include skin lesions, mammary duct ectasia, trauma related to sexual foreplay, nipple piercing, and shaving or plucking periareolar hair [3,4]. None of these factors was identified in the cases described. Breast malignancy, tuberculosis, and protozoal and fungal infections are differential diagnoses for mastitis [3]. In both cases, management with oral antibiotic therapy and ultrasound-guided needle aspiration was successful. Surgical drainage should be reserved for unresolved cases following aspiration. This is especially valid for adolescents as surgery may affect the breast bud, resulting in impaired breast development [3]. Conflict of interest