title: Neonatal suppurative parotitis: a study of five cases.
abstract: 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".
authors: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University of Chieti, Italy. sabatino@unich.it
authors: G
authors: G
authors: Sabatino
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Verrotti
authors: M
authors: M
authors: de Martino
authors: P
authors: P
authors: Fusilli
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Pallotta
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Chiarelli
mesh_terms: 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