Neonatal suppurative parotitis: a study of five cases.
Suppurative parotitis is uncommon in newborns. During a 9-year study period, five cases of neonatal suppurative parotitis were detected in 3,624 hospital admissions. The relative risk of developing neonatal suppurative parotitis in admitted infants was 5.52 (0.62-49.35). Staphylococcus aureus was the causative organism most commonly detected in the hospital-acquired cases. Antimicrobial therapy was effective in all cases; surgery was not required.


CONCLUSIONS
Although neonatal suppurative parotitis is now uncommon in the newborn, it cannot be considered a "vanishing disease".
Sabatino
G
G
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University of Chieti, Italy. sabatino@unich.it
Verrotti
A
A
de Martino
M
M
Fusilli
P
P
Pallotta
R
R
Chiarelli
F
F
D003428:Cross Infection / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D010309:Parotitis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012306:Risk; D013492:Suppuration