Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus as a cause of neonatal suppurative parotitis: a report of two cases and review of the literature.

Publication/Presentation Date

6-1-2013

Abstract

Suppurative parotitis is an uncommon entity identified in newborns. While Staphylococcus aureus has been frequently identified as the causative pathogen among the few patients diagnosed with neonatal suppurative parotitis (NSP), there has only been one prior case described in the literature that was due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). Because of its virulence, MRSA presents new and substantial challenges for the surgeon; we describe two cases of NSP caused by MRSA and the subsequent surgical intervention necessitated for cure. We also include a review of all cases of NSP described in the English-language literature.

Volume

92

Issue

6

First Page

269

Last Page

271

ISSN

1942-7522

Disciplines

Medicine and Health Sciences

PubMedID

23780594

Department(s)

Department of Medicine, Department of Surgery, Division of Otolaryngology

Document Type

Article

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