Parotitis
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PATHOGENS
Common pathogens below:
- Viral:
- Mumps: (most common viral cause, usually bilateral enlargement)
- Enteroviruses
- CMV
- Influenza
- HIV
- Bacterial:
- Staphyloccocus aureus (most common cause of acute suppurative parotitis)
- Streptococcus species
- Actinomyces
- Mixed infections (anaerobes, Gram positives and Gram negatives)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis (rare)
- Anaerobes (Peptostreptococcus spp., Cutibacterium acnes, Prevotella spp., Fusobacterium spp.)
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PATHOGENS
Common pathogens below:
- Viral:
- Mumps: (most common viral cause, usually bilateral enlargement)
- Enteroviruses
- CMV
- Influenza
- HIV
- Bacterial:
- Staphyloccocus aureus (most common cause of acute suppurative parotitis)
- Streptococcus species
- Actinomyces
- Mixed infections (anaerobes, Gram positives and Gram negatives)
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis (rare)
- Anaerobes (Peptostreptococcus spp., Cutibacterium acnes, Prevotella spp., Fusobacterium spp.)
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