OBJECTIVE To study the relationship between periodontal status and peritonsillar disease/recurrent tonsillitis. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING A total of 158 patients presenting over a 3-year period with peritonsillar abscess (PTA) confirmed by needle aspiration and a control group of 112 patients booked for elective tonsillectomy for recurrent tonsillitis (RT) were examined in terms of their perio...

PERITONSILLAR abscess develops as a complication of tonsillitis, when infection spreads to the loose peritonsillar tissues. Insufficiently treated the abscess may perforate into the parapharyngeal space and spread along the vessels of the neck to the mediastinum or upwards under the base of the skull. Thrombophlebitis in the jugular vein, oedema of the larynx, sepsis and metastatic abscesses ma...

OBJECTIVES To identify the common bacteria in recent peritonsillar abscesses and the prevalence of antibiotic resistance and compare both between adults and children. METHODS This is a retrospective chart review at a single academic institution of patients who underwent either incision and drainage or tonsillectomy for a peritonsillar abscess between 2002 and 2012 (n=69). Medical records were...

We read with great interest a work on healthcare in peritonsillar infections1 published recently by your Journal, and would find it highly constructive to reopen the debate on its therapeutic alternatives. Our centre offers tertiary healthcare coverage for a population of 350 000 and we can corroborate the epidemiological aspects reported by the authors regarding the distribution by age and gen...

A 31-year-old man presented with fever, right cervical lymph node swelling, and odynophagia. Right peritonsillar abscess was followed by tonsillectomy á chaud. Under i.v. antibiotic therapy, the swelling did not regress. melted identified in neck CT, which surgically removed. Francisella tularensis detected this case.

The "hot potato voice" is widely recognized as a symptom of peritonsillar cellulitis or abscess; yet there have been no studies assessing the resonance characteristics of the vocal tract in peritonsillitis. Analysis was undertaken of formant frequencies in the articulation of the vowels /i:/. /a:/ and /u:/ in six subjects with peritonsillitis and compared with articulation once the peritonsilli...

introduction: tonsillectomy is one of the most common surgical operations and has such complications as pain, hemorrhage and laryngospasm. pain management is of vital importance in order to reduce the suffering and restlessness in children having undergone tonsillectomy. different studies differ in their findings as to the use of ketamine for postoperative analgesia. the aim of this study was t...