A 3-week-old exclusively breastfed infant from rural Maharashtra presents with fever, poor feeding, and a hard, tender, erythematous lump in the upper outer quadrant of the mother's left breast. The mother reports engorgement and skipped feeds due to pain. Which is the most common causative organism of puerperal mastitis in exclusively breastfeeding mothers?

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