A Newborn With Acute Suppurative Parotitis: a Case Report

Acute suppurative parotitis is a very rare disease in neonatal. This case was a full term neonate girl with low birth weight that showed redness and swelling in left parotid region and neck. Axillary temperature was 37.1 c and purulent exudate were excreted from stenson`s duct when parotid gland was pressed. Duct stenson exudate culture showed coagulase-negative stapylococcus. Sonography results did not show any signs of abcess or fluid accumulation. After treatment with amikacin and vancomycin and improvement of the inflammation the patient was allowed to leave the hospital.Low birth weight of the baby and frequent urinary tract infections of mother during preganancy were two distinctive specific causes in this case that may affect the onset of the disease, which have not been reported in newborn parotitis before.