A 38 year old woman presented with severe weakness, high fever, and sore throat. Physical examination showed follicular tonsillitis and bradycardia caused by a atrioventricular block. Within 24 hours a normal sinus rhythm was regained but slight transient ST-T changes compatible with myocarditis were evident. Throat culture grew Streptococcus haemolyticus group A.

We investigated the serum macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) levels of palmoplantar pustulosis patients, before and after the tonsillar provocation test. Higher serum MIF levels of palmoplantar pustulosis patients were decreased after the tonsillar provocation test (n=29). To confirm these phenomena, two patients with acute tonsillitis had their changes in body temperature, C-reactive...

BACKGROUND To create and validate a German version of the Tonsil and Adenoid Health Status Instrument (TAHSI) for evaluation of tonsillectomy outcome in adult patients with chronic or recurrent tonsillitis. SUBJECTS AND METHODS 46 healthy volunteers were assessed twice in a 6 week interval with the TAHSI questionnaire. Their results were compared with 45 patients suffering from chronic tonsil...

OBJECTIVE To determine the quality-of-life impact and overall efficacy of adult tonsillectomy for chronic tonsillitis. DESIGN Cross-sectional survey analysis of patients at least 1 year after undergoing adult tonsillectomy. INTERVENTIONS AND OUTCOME MEASURES The Glasgow Benefit Inventory was used to quantify the health benefit of tonsillectomy. Data were collected for demographics and antib...

Tonsillitis is a disease occurring mostly in child and adults as this disease may take to the other effects. Nowadays, a detection of tonsil grand exploits medical doctor’s diagnosis to check on oral cavity. Therefore, this paper presents a diagnosis of tonsillitis using image processing and neural network (NN). There are three steps described as follows. The first step is localization of tonsi...

BACKGROUND Psoriasis is a common inflammatory skin disease, yet knowledge of the factors that may induce, trigger, or exacerbate psoriasis is not fully delineated. Recent advances have improved our understanding of the link between psoriasis and cell-wall-deficient bacteria (CWDB) infections. In the present study we assessed the prevalence of CWDB infection in patients with psoriasis. METHODS...

Whilst preparing a pilot survey in the North Midlands (Sheffield) Faculty to study the position in regard to the treatment of acute tonsillitis, I had occasion to write to some of the ear, nose, throat and paediatric consultants in the faculty to ask for their views. In many instances their replies were extremely helpful, though somewhat conflicting, and this has led me to a further study of th...

The treatment of hyperthyroidism with antithyroid drugs can cause a significant side effect in 0.2 to 0.3% of the cases: agranulocytosis. Infectious complications caused by this condition affect mainly the throat, and tonsillitis is one of its manifestations. The present study reported the case of a female patient, 33 years old, manifesting odynophagia and fever resistant to many antibiotics. T...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the relationship between tonsillar and peritonsillar infections. STUDY DESIGN Retrospective population-based study and a retrospective case series review. SETTINGS Tertiary academic medical facility. SUBJECTS AND METHODS All individuals hospitalized with peritonsillar abscess (PTA) or peritonsillar cellulitis (PTC) during 2004-2008 were reviewed. Patient age, gend...

OBJECTIVE To explore the current management in Australian general practice of common respiratory tract infections (RTIs) in children younger than 5 years. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Analysis of data from a sample of 4522 general practitioners who participated in the Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health (BEACH) cross-sectional survey, April 2007 to March 2012. Consultations with c...