Pediatr. praxi. 2021;22(4):284-287 | DOI: 10.36290/ped.2021.060

Neonatal suppurative parotitis

prof. MUDr. Vladimír Mihál, CSc.^{1, 2}, MUDr. Vendula Látalová², MUDr. Denis Dvořák², MUDr. Radim Kovář³, MUDr. Kamila Michálková³

¹ Ústav molekulární a translační medicíny LF UP Olomouc

² Dětská klinika LF UP a FN v Olomouci

³ Radiologická klinika LF UP a FN v Olomouci

Neonatal suppurative parotitis (NSP) is a very rare disease. The presence of the classic triad of symptoms is necessary for diagnosis: swelling of the parotid gland; drainage of pus from the Stensen canal and identification of Staphylococcus aureus (SA) as the most common cause of inflammation. We present a 30-day-old mature newborn with a right-sided NSP. At the initial examination, significant bacteriuria was detected in his urine and SA was cultured from the middle stream of urine. After five days, parenteral combination antibiotic treatment with amoxicillin and clavulanic acid was switched to oral form and terminated on the tenth day of therapy. The fever subsided within 24 hours, the finding in the urine disappeared the next day, and the swelling of the parotid gland resolved within three days.

Keywords: suppurative parotitis, newborn, Staphylococcus aureus, SA bacteriuria.

Published: October 15, 2021  Show citation