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A rare finding in a preterm infant

João Sousa Marques¹, Sara Geitoeira¹, Joana Oliveira², Sandra Costa^3,4, Ana Vilan^3,4.

¹Department of Pediatrics, Centro Hospitalar Tondela-Viseu, Viseu, Portugal,
²Department of Pediatrics, Centro Hospitalar de Trás-Os-Montes E Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal,
³Department of Neonatology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário de São João, Porto, Portugal,
⁴Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.

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Abstract
Neonatal acute parotitis is a rare condition, where high clinical suspicion is necessary to establish a timely diagnosis. The authors aim to describe a case report of a 10-day-old preterm newborn with clinical signs of acute parotitis confirmed by ultrasound and with isolation of a Staphylococcus aureus in a blood culture.
There was clinical improvement after a 10-day course of vancomycin, with no further complications or recurrences.

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Dear Editor of the PEDIATRIC ONCALL JOURNAL, I hereby send you the manuscript entitled “A rare finding in a preterm infant - about a case report” for consideration by this JOURNAL. In this paper, we report a rare case in neonatal age with few cases reported worldwide therefore requiring a high suspicion and an early and careful clinical evaluation in order to establish a timely diagnosis since an immediate and appropriate antibiotic combination therapy is required for rapid clinical recovery and the prevention of complications. For these reasons mentioned above we believe that this manuscript is appropriate for publication by PEDIATRIC ONCALL JOURNAL.

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Dear Editor of the PEDIATRIC ONCALL JOURNAL, I hereby send you the manuscript entitled “A rare finding in a preterm infant - about a case report” for consideration by this JOURNAL. I confirm that this work is original and has not been published elsewhere, nor is it currently under consideration for publication elsewhere. As the corresponding author, I state that all authors contributed to the drafting and revision of the article and a final approval of the submitted version was obtained before submission. All authors take responsibility for integrity of the work. We have no conflicts of interest to disclose. Please address all correspondence concerning this manuscript to me at: jnsmarques93@gmail.com Thank you for your consideration of this manuscript. Sincerely, João Sousa Marques

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