Medical Management for the Treatment of Nontuberculous Mycobacteria Infection of the Parotid Gland: Avoiding Surgery May Be Possible

Table 1

Summary of case reports of NTM parotid infection in adults.

Study	Number of cases	Bacteria	Comorbid disease	Treatment modality
Benharrats et al. 1998 [11]	1 case	M. xenopi	HIV positive	Antibiotics alone
Lawn et al. 2005 [10]	1 case	M. scrofulaceum	HIV positive	Antibiotics alone
Gittinger et al. 2008 [4]	1 case	M. avium	Rheumatoid arthritis, DMII secondary to steroids	Surgical excision and then antibiotics
Padovani et al. 2007 [13]	1 case	NTM	None cited	Surgical excision
Yamanaka et al. 2013 [12]	1 case	M. fortuitum or M. chelonae (suspected)	None	Antibiotics alone