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Neonatal suppurative parotitis: a study of five cases
G Sabatino1, A Verrotti, M de Martino
1Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University of Chieti, Italy. sabatino@unich.it
European Journal of Pediatrics
|April 17, 1999
Abstract
Unlabelled:
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.
Conclusion:
Although neonatal suppurative parotitis is now uncommon in the newborn, it cannot be considered a "vanishing disease".