High recovery ofHaemophilus influenzaeand group A streptococci in recurrent tonsillar infection or hypertrophy as compared with normal tonsils

Journal of Laryngology and Otology - Tập 105 Số 6 - Trang 439-441 - 1991
Anna Stjernquist‐Desatnik1, Karin Prellner2, Claës Schalén3
1Department of Oto‐rhino‐laryngology, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
2Departments of Oto‐Rhino‐Laryngology, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.
3†Departments of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital, Lund, Sweden.

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AbstractOne hundred and twenty-six patients who underwent tonsillectomy because of recurrent acute tonsillitis, tonsillar hypertrophy or sleep apnoea were evaluated by tonsillar core culturing. The sleep apnoea patients served as controls, since none of them had tonsillar hypertrophy at ENT examination or any history of recurrent acute tonsillitis, and thus their tonsillar core flora could be regarded as normal.The isolation rate ofH. influenzaewas much lower among sleep apnoea controls (2.7 per cent) than among either the patients with recurrent acute tonsillitis (20.3 per cent) or those with tonsillar hypertrophy (36.7 per cent) (p<0.05), as was that of group A streptococci, 5.4 per centversus16.9 and 20 per cent, respectively (though the latter differences were not statistically significant). The isolation frequencies ofB. catarrhalis, pneumococci, group C and G streptococci did not differ between the three groups.The high tonsillar core recovery rates ofH. influenzaeand group A streptococci both in patients with recurrent acute tonsillitis and in those with tonsillar hypertrophy, as compared with normal controls, suggests the possible involvement of these bacteria in both conditions.

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Journal of Laryngology and Otology

Tập 105 Số 6

439-441

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