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A 24-year-old woman is breastfeeding 3 weeks after giving birth to a normal term infant. She notices fissures in the skin around her left nipple. Over the next 3 days, a 3-cm region near the nipple becomes erythematous and tender. Purulent exudate from a small abscess drains through a fissure.
Which organism is most likely to be cultured from the exudate?