Staphylococcal Parotitis

Abstract

STAPHYLOCOCCAL infections acquired in hospitals continue to present serious problems, particularly since strains of nosocomial origin are frequently resistant to virtually all antibiotics. During the past five months, we have observed 7 patients with a virulent, and hitherto rare, form of hospital-acquired staphylococcal disease — namely, parotitis. Although occasionally seen in postoperative patients, this disease has been thought to be on the wane.1 It is the purpose of this report to describe briefly 7 cases of staphylococcal parotitis (Table 1), only 3 of which occurred postoperatively, to summarize the clinical picture, and to describe antibiotic-sensitivity patterns and phage types of . . .