Acute Neonatal Suppurative Parotitis with Facial Palsy and Pneumonia
Acute Neonatal Suppurative Parotitis (NSP) is a rare infection in neonates. To our knowledge, only few cases are reported in English literature with hardly any case from India. The most common causative organism is Staphylococcus aureus. Here, we report a rare case of acute NSP with late onset s...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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JCDR Research and Publications Pvt. Ltd.
2017-07-01
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| Series: | Indian Journal of Neonatal Medicine and Research |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ijnmr.net/articles/PDF/2214/29651_CE(VSU_F(AK)_PF1(VSU_KM_GG)_PFA(VSU_GG)_PF2(VSU_GG).pdf |
| Summary: | Acute Neonatal Suppurative Parotitis (NSP) is a rare infection
in neonates. To our knowledge, only few cases are reported
in English literature with hardly any case from India. The most
common causative organism is Staphylococcus aureus. Here,
we report a rare case of acute NSP with late onset sepsis and
complications such as facial palsy and pneumonia due to
Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection in a term neonate. |
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| ISSN: | 2277-8527 2455-6890 |