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Life SciencesInfectious DiseasesAllergyMedical MicrobiologySalivary Gland DisordersAnaphylaxisSalivary GlandsAcute ParotitisBacteriological DiagnosisChronic Fistula FormationParotid FistulaRecurrent SialadenitisSialadenitis ComplicationsSuppurative Parotitis
formation are stressed. The bacteriological findings are summarized. The main features of the acute, recurrent, and chronic forms are described. The largest group is the recurrent one, with some overlap of the other groups into this. The acute cases never pursue as fulminating a course as do some of the Staph. aureuis ones. In the reCurrent group the exacerbations tend to be more acute and more severe than those in the Strep.