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==Overview==
==Overview==
==Epidemiology and demographics==
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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