Acute bacterial parotitis/sialadenitis

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Teaching point

Pre-auricular swelling after a recent infection with no expressible pus suggests acute bacterial parotitis; treat severe cases with IV antibiotics (flucloxacillin or amoxicillin-clavulanate) against Staph aureus. I&D is only for a drainable abscess.

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