Johns Hopkins ABX Guide
Parotitis
PATHOGENS
Common pathogens below:
- Viral:
- Mumps: (most common viral cause, usually bilateral enlargement)
- Enteroviruses
- CMV
- Influenza
- HIV
- SARS-Cov-2
- 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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Last updated: March 16, 2025
Citation
Fabre, Valeria, and Paul G Auwaerter. "Parotitis." Johns Hopkins ABX Guide, The Johns Hopkins University, 2025. Pediatrics Central, peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540418/all/Parotitis.
Fabre V, Auwaerter PG. Parotitis. Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2025. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540418/all/Parotitis. Accessed October 31, 2025.
Fabre, V., & Auwaerter, P. G. (2025). Parotitis. In Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University. https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540418/all/Parotitis
Fabre V, Auwaerter PG. Parotitis [Internet]. In: Johns Hopkins ABX Guide. The Johns Hopkins University; 2025. [cited 2025 October 31]. Available from: https://peds.unboundmedicine.com/pedscentral/view/Johns_Hopkins_ABX_Guide/540418/all/Parotitis.
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