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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.