ArticleEuropean journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology2011
Significant pathogens in peritonsillar abscesses.
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Mikrobiologi Ved svær Akut Tonsillit, peritonsillær Phlegmone og infektiøs Mononukleose
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28 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 74 citations in OpenAlex.
- Acute sore throat andBMJ open · 2021Pooled it
- A systematic review of Fusobacterium necrophorum-positive acute tonsillitis: prevalence, methods of detection, patient characteristics, and the usefulness of the Centor score.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2016Pooled it
- Penicillin V four times daily for five days versus three times daily for 10 days in patients with pharyngotonsillitis caused by group A streptococci: randomised controlled, open label, non-inferiority study.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2019Trial
- Association between clinical outcome and microbiological findings in peritonsillar abscess - an observational study.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2025Observational
- Diagnosis of Peritonsillar Abscess-A Prospective Study Comparing Clinical with CT Findings in 133 Consecutive Patients.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- A case report ofFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2024Article
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- Bacterial findings in patients referred to hospital for the treatment of acute tonsillitis with or without peritonsillar phlegmon.BMC infectious diseases · 2023Article
- Antimicrobial resistance of bacterial pathogens isolated from the infections of post maxillofacial surgery.Journal of medicine and life · 2022Article
- Clinical evaluation of antibiotic regimens in patients with surgically verified parapharyngeal abscess: a prospective observational study.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2022Observational
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- Peritonsillar Abscess and Antibiotic Prescribing for Respiratory Infection in Primary Care: A Population-Based Cohort Study and Decision-Analytic Model.Annals of family medicine · 2020Article
- Complications of peritonsillar abscess.Annals of clinical microbiology and antimicrobials · 2020Review
- Epidemiological and Microbiological Aspects of the Peritonsillar Abscess.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- The presence of minor salivary glands in the peritonsillar space.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2017Article
- Peritonsillar abscess (PTA): clinical characteristics, microbiology, drug exposures and outcomes of a large multicenter cohort survey of 412 patients hospitalized in 13 French university hospitals.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2016Article
- Microbiology of peritonsillar abscess in the South Estonian population.Microbial ecology in health and disease · 2016Article
- Tonsillar colonisation of Fusobacterium necrophorum in patients subjected to tonsillectomy.BMC infectious diseases · 2015Article
- Clinical and biochemical characteristics of patients with Fusobacterium necrophorum-positive acute tonsillitis.European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2015Article
- Microarray identification of bacterial species in peritonsillar abscesses.European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology · 2015Article
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Abstract
Peritonsillar abscesses (PTA) are polymicrobial infections, with a diverse aerobic and anaerobic flora. The aim of the present study is to compare bacteriologic culture results from patients with PTA to those from patients undergoing elective tonsillectomy (clinically non-infected tonsils), to better elucidate the pathogenic significance of various isolates. A prospective study was conducted on 36 PTA patients undergoing acute tonsillectomy and on 80 electively tonsillectomised patients. Fusobacterium necrophorum (FN) and Streptococcus group A (GAS) were isolated significantly more frequently from the tonsillar cores of PTA patients, from both the abscessed (p = 0.001 and p = 0.046, respectively) and non-abscessed sides (p < 0.001 and p = 0.046, respectively), than from the tonsillar cores of electively tonsillectomised patients. Our findings indicate that FN and GAS are the prominent pathogens in PTA. In patients with PTA, the incidence of FN and GAS isolated from the abscessed tonsil was the same as from the non-abscessed contralateral side, and the growth was comparable by a semi-quantitative approach. Our findings suggest that FN is also of pathogenic importance in acute tonsillitis, and that FN growth is not a subsequent phenomenon once an abscess has formed. Our findings further suggest that other factors influence the development of PTA.
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