Periductal Mastitis: An Inflammatory Disease Related to Bacterial Infection and Consequent Immune Responses?

• Main Authors: Lu Liu (Author), Fei Zhou (Author), Pin Wang (Author), Lixiang Yu (Author), Zhongbing Ma (Author), Yuyang Li (Author), Dezong Gao (Author), Qiang Zhang (Author), Liang Li (Author), Zhigang Yu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Periductal mastitis (PDM) is a prolonged inflammatory disease, but the cause of PDM is poorly understood. In the present case control study, 87 PDM and 87 healthy controls were enrolled and the results were evaluated to identify the significant risk factors for PDM. To investigate the roles of bacte...