Streptococcus pneumoniae acute suppurative parotitis in a patient with Sjögren's syndrome

J Gomez-Rodrigo; J Mendelson; M Black; A Dascal

Streptococcus pneumoniae acute suppurative parotitis in a patient with Sjögren's syndrome

J Otolaryngol. 1990 Jun;19(3):195-6.

Authors

J Gomez-Rodrigo¹, J Mendelson, M Black, A Dascal

Affiliation

¹ Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases, Sir Mortimer B. Davis Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

PMID: 2192076

Abstract

A case of suppurative parotitis due to Streptococcus pneumoniae is reported in a patient with Sjögren's syndrome. The rarity of this condition is noted by a review of the literature.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Parotitis / complications*
Parotitis / diagnosis
Parotitis / surgery
Pneumococcal Infections / complications*
Pneumococcal Infections / diagnosis
Pneumococcal Infections / surgery
Sjogren's Syndrome / complications*
Streptococcus pneumoniae