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==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
==Epidemiology and demographics== | ==Epidemiology and demographics== | ||
The first report of acute bacterial sialadenitis dates back to 1828 described in a 71-year-old man whose infection progressed to gangrene. President Garfield died from acute parotitis complicating abdominal surgery. Parotitis carried an 80% mortality rate in the 1800s and remains a quite morbid infection with estimated mortality of 20-50% in the present day. | The first report of acute bacterial sialadenitis dates back to 1828 described in a 71-year-old man whose [[infection]] progressed to [[gangrene]]. President Garfield died from acute parotitis complicating abdominal surgery. Parotitis carried an 80% mortality rate in the 1800s and remains a quite [[morbid]] infection with estimated mortality of 20-50% in the present day. | ||
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Epidemiology and demographics
The first report of acute bacterial sialadenitis dates back to 1828 described in a 71-year-old man whose infection progressed to gangrene. President Garfield died from acute parotitis complicating abdominal surgery. Parotitis carried an 80% mortality rate in the 1800s and remains a quite morbid infection with estimated mortality of 20-50% in the present day.