M. Vijayashree, B. Viswanatha, B. N. Sambamurthy
2014
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Quality indicators
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IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences
Abstract
Tonsillitis is inflammation of tonsils, a common clinical condition often encountered in E.N.T. practice. The management of this condition is often empirical with the choice of antibiotics not based on any culture reports. The increasing incidence of resistance in many organisms is due to β-lactamase production and resistance transfer factors that leads to unsuccessful medical therapy which results in recurrent or chronic forms of tonsillitis. The present study was conducted to identify the prevalent bacterial pathogens and their antibiotic sensitivity that would indicate the optimum line of treatment and prevent the complications of acute tonsillitis and avoids unnecessary surgical treatment. I. Introduction Tonsillitis is inflammation of tonsils, a common clinical condition caused by either bacteria or viral infection. It affects significant percentage of population more so in children. The condition can occur occasionally or recur frequently. Acute tonsillitis is characterized by visible white streaks of pus on tonsils and the surface of the tonsils may become bright red colour. The bacterial tonsillitis is caused mainly by β- haemolytic Streptococcus, called strep throat and to lesser extent by Staphylococcus aureus and several other bacteria. The more common symptoms of tonsils are sore throat, red swollen tonsils, pain when swallowing, fever, cough, headache, tiredness, chills, swollen lymph nodes in the neck and pain in the ears or neck and the less common symptoms include nausea, stomach ache, vomiting, furry tongue, bad breath, change in voice and difficulty in opening of mouth. The present study was conducted to identify the prevalent bacterial pathogens and their antibiotics sensitivity that would indicate the optimum line of treatment and prevent the complications of acute tonsillitis and avoids unnecessary surgical treatment.