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Article: Researchers from University of Sao Paulo report details of new studies and findings in the area of parotitis.(Report)
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- December 31, 2008
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"Postsurgical acute suppurative parotitis is a bacterial gland infection that occurs from a few days up to some weeks after abdominal surgical procedures. In this study, the authors analyze the prevalence of this complication in Hospital das Clnicas/Sao Paulo University Medical School by prospectively reviewing the charts of patients who underwent surgeries performed by the gastroenterological and general surgery staff from 1980 to 2005," scientists in Sao Paulo, Brazil report (see also Parotitis).
"Diagnosis of parotitis or sialoadenitis was analyzed. Sialolithiasis and chronic parotitis previous to hospitalization were exclusion criteria. In a total of 100,679 ...