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A review of the literature from 1950 to March 2018 revealed only four other cases in which the causative organism was \n \n Streptococcus pneumoniae<\/jats:ext-link>\n <\/jats:named-content>\n <\/jats:italic>\n <\/jats:p>\n \n Case presentation.<\/jats:bold> The nursing mother presented with high fever and the four cardinal signs of inflammation of the left breast: calor, dolor, rubor, tumour. In milk culture \n \n Streptococcus pneumoniae<\/jats:ext-link>\n <\/jats:named-content>\n <\/jats:italic> was isolated in numbers exceeding 105<\/jats:sup> \u2009c.f.u.\u2009ml\u22121<\/jats:sup> . The strain was of polysaccharide serotype 11 not included in Prevnar-13. 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