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Chronic Bacterial Sialadenitis
Aka: Chronic Bacterial Sialadenitis, Chronic Bacterial Parotitis, Chronic Suppurative Sialadenitis, Chronic Sialoadenitis, Chronic Sialadenitis
- See Also
- Sialadenitis
- Pathophysiology
- Chronic, low-grade Salivary Gland bacterial infection
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Mixed bacterial infection
- Ultimately results in Salivary Gland destruction
- Symptoms
- Recurrent Parotitis
- Differential Diagnosis
- Sjogren Syndrome
- Lymphadenopathy of the Head and Neck
- Sialolithiasis
- Radiology
- Sialogram
- Salivary Gland stasis
- Salivary acini replaced by cysts
- Management
- Anti-staphylococcal antibiotics (e.g. Dicloxacillin)
- Salivary Gland resection (e.g. Parotidectomy)
- Indicated in refractory cases
- References
- Chow in Mandell (2000) Infectious Disease, p. 699-700
- Walner in Cummings (1998) Otolaryngology, p. 5-121