Salmonella Parotitis with Abscess Formation in a Patient with Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection

• Published in: Clinical infectious diseases Vol. 24; no. 5; pp. 1009 - 1010
• Main Authors: Knee, Treyce S., Ohl, Christopher A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago, IL The University of Chicago Press 01-05-1997; University of Chicago Press
• Subjects: Abscess - diagnosis; Abscess - drug therapy; Abscesses; Adult; AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - diagnosis; AIDS-Related Opportunistic Infections - drug therapy; AIDS/HIV; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Biological and medical sciences; Brief Reports; Cysts - diagnosis; Cysts - therapy; Diagnosis, Differential; Drainage; Drug Therapy, Combination - therapeutic use; HIV; human immunodeficiency virus; Humans; Immunodeficiencies; Immunodeficiencies. Immunoglobulinopathies; Immunopathology; Infections; Infectious diseases; Lesions; Male; Medical sciences; Parotid gland; Parotid Gland - pathology; Parotitis; Parotitis - diagnosis; Parotitis - drug therapy; Parotitis - microbiology; Salivary gland diseases; Salmonella; Salmonella - isolation & purification; Salmonella infections; Salmonella Infections - diagnosis; Salmonella Infections - drug therapy; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Human; Immunopathology; Opportunistic infection; Parotid gland; Stomatology; Abscess; Salmonella heidelberg; AIDS; Immune deficiency; Parotiditis; Infection; Case study; Salivary gland disease; Viral disease; Bacteriosis; Bacteria; Salmonellosis; Enterobacteriaceae
• ISSN: 1058-4838; 1537-6591
• DOI: 10.1093/clinids/24.5.1009

HIV-associated salivary gland disease usually manifests as benign cystic lymphoepithelial parotid gland lesions. These unusual lesions are associated with diffuse infiltrative CD8 lymphocytosis and can be seen in early HIV infection. To our knowledge, infectious complications associated with these cystic lesions have not been previously described in HIV-infected patients. We describe a case in which a parotid gland abscess, due to group B salmonella, complicated benign cystic lymphoepithelial parotid gland disease in a patient infected with HIV.