TONSILS AND ADENOIDS IN CHILDREN: A PLEA FOR FEWER OPERATIONS.
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Tonsils and adenoids.
The bacteriology of acute tonsillitis and the normal flora of the throat in children is interesting and somewhat puzzling. Several studies (Box, Cleveland and Willard, 1961; Reilly et al, 1981; Toner et al, 1986) have shown that the culture of throat swabs taken from children with a history of acute tonsillitis does not differ, in terms of organisms cultured, from those taken from normal childr...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Lancet
سال: 1914
ISSN: 0140-6736
DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(00)54465-1