Parotid abscess caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
Tuberculosis of the parotid gland is rare. A 16-month-old US-born male infant with immigrant parents from Sudan presented to his primary care physician with periorbital cellulitis and preauricular lymphadenitis. He underwent incision and drainage of an abscess in the right intraparotid lymph node. The aspirate was positive for acid-fast bacilli by auramine-rhodamine stain and subsequently grew Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Antitubercular medications were started postoperatively.
Chatterjee
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Combined Division of Pediatric Infectious Disease, Creighton University, University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2500 California Plaza, Room 409, Criss II, Omaha, NE 68178, USA. achatter@creighton.edu
Varman
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Quinlan
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D000038:Abscess / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D000995:Antitubercular Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D004322:Drainage / Q000379:methods; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010305:Parotid Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000628:therapy; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014195:Travel; D014376:Tuberculosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy
D000995:Antitubercular Agents