Acute suppurative parotitis in neonates treated with nasal CPAP: Case report

Abstract

 A female infant was born at 38 week’s gestation with a birth weight of 3, 188 g. She was treated with nasal CPAP after birth for transient tachypnea of the newborn and pharyngeal collapse associated with glossoptosis from the 11th day of life. At age 20 days, her right parotid region became swollen and red and appeared sore to the touch. She was diagnosed as having acute parotitis and immediately started on intravenous administration of cefazolin. Staphylococcus aureus was isolated from her blood and near the Stensen duct. Although acute suppurative parotitis in neonates is rare, this is the first report, to our knowledge, of the condition in a neonate receiving CPAP treatment.