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ArticleEuropean 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 Surgery2020

An analysis of the histomorphometric and clinical significance of mucosal biofilm in tonsil tissue of the children with a history of recurrent/chronic tonsillitis in both the mother and father.

Fuat Bulut, Alev Cumbul, Ayse Sezim Safak

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Article in 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, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Fuat BulutDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Rumeli University REYAP Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. bulutfuat40@yahoo.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3803-7987
Alev CumbulHistology and Embryology, Yeditepe University Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey.
Ayse Sezim SafakDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Private Gebze Central Hospital, Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey.
Gebze Technical University · TRYahoo (United Kingdom) · GBYeditepe University · TR

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purposeThe aim of this study is to analyse the histomorphometric and clinical features of the mucosal biofilm in tonsil tissue of children with a history of recurrent/chronic tonsillitis in both the mother and father.

methodsThis study enrolled 82 children (between 3 and 14 years of age). These children were divided into two main groups according to the present of recurrent/chronic tonsillitis. Patients in group 1 were divided into four subgroups (A, B, C, D) according to the history of recurrent/chronic tonsillitis in mother and/or father. 30 patients in group 1 were underwent tonsillectomy and the 52 patients in control group (2) have not had history of recurrent/chronic tonsillitis. To that end, among children with a history of recurrent/chronic tonsillitis certain changes in the volume and thickness of mucosal biofilm in tonsil tissue have been exhibited with respect to it is histomorphometric and clinical significance.

resultsThe children with a parental history of recurrent/chronic tonsillitis in group A, an increase in the thickness and volume of mucosal biofilm samples was detected according to the other subgroups (B, C, D). Parents history of group A patients statistically significant differences were detected with respect to halitosis symptoms, attack age of the first tonsillitis and resistant fever despite antibiotic treatment for children under the age of 3 years.

conclusionsThis study showed that children under the age of 3 years of age with a history of recurrent/chronic tonsillitis in both the mother and father, halitosis symptoms, attack age of the first tonsillitis and resistant fever despite antibiotic treatment are collectively linked.

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TonsillectomyTonsillitisBiofilmsChildChild, PreschoolFathersFemaleHumansMaleMothersPalatine TonsilRecurrenceBiofilmDemographyHalitosisHistomorphometricRecurrent/chronic tonsillitis

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