Suppurative parotitis caused by anaerobic bacteria in newborns.
Staphylococci are the usual bacterial etiology of suppurative parotitis in newborns. This report describes for the first time recovery of anaerobic bacteria from aspirates of the infected gland in two infants with suppurative parotitis. Peptostreptococcus intermedius and Prevotella melaninogenica were isolated from one child and Prevotella intermedia from the other patient. Complete recovery occurred after 4 weeks of antimicrobial therapy.
Brook
Itzhak
I
Department of Pediatrics, Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, USA. IB6@GEORGETOWN.EDU
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D016866:Bacteroidaceae Infections / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010309:Parotitis / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000473:pathology; D010462:Peptostreptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D018713:Prevotella intermedia / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D001443:Prevotella melaninogenica / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D013492:Suppuration
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents