Case report: Bilateral parotid abscess in a 54-day-old infant

Acute parotid abscess (PA) is rare in children and is prone to occur in neonates or preterm infants with high-risk factors. Sporadic cases of unilateral PA have been reported in older children. Here, we report a case of a 54-day-old child who developed bilateral PA due to infection. The infant showe...

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Published in:Frontiers in pediatrics 2023-06, Vol.11, p.1179560
Main Authors: Huang, Lilin, Yang, Xiaole, Peng, Shumei, Li, Ronghan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
infant
lymphadenitis
parotid abscess
Pediatrics
Staphylococcus aureus
surgical incision
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Summary:Acute parotid abscess (PA) is rare in children and is prone to occur in neonates or preterm infants with high-risk factors. Sporadic cases of unilateral PA have been reported in older children. Here, we report a case of a 54-day-old child who developed bilateral PA due to infection. The infant showed bilateral cervical lymphadenopathy initially following a 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13). However, bilateral PA developed 6 h after he was diagnosed with lymphadenitis on Day 9 of illness. Rapid PA progression from cervical lymphadenitis is rare. He recovered quickly under treatment with appropriate antibiotics based on susceptibility testing and surgical incision and drainage.
ISSN:2296-2360
2296-2360
DOI:10.3389/fped.2023.1179560