Peritonsillar abscess (PTA) is one of the most common deep neck space infections that can potentially have life-threatening complications if inadequately diagnosed and not treated promptly. The ability of clinicians to reliably differentiate PTA from peritonsillar cellulitis by physical examination alone is limited and blind needle aspiration, the typical method of diagnosis of PTA, is also unr...

introduction: there are controversies regarding treatment of peritonsillar abscess as a common infection of head and neck, especially for prescription of corticosteroids. according to review of articles, use of corticosteroids in management of this abscess is increasing, but more controlled and comparative studies are needed. in this clinical trial study, we evaluated corticosteroid as an adjut...

BACKGROUND Peritonsillar abscess (PTA) is one of the most commonly encountered abscess in the head and neck region. The aims of this study were to list the frequency of the disease by age, sex and laterality, and to list the presentation of the disease by symptoms, signs and complications, and to determine the efficacy of incision and drainage (I&D) procedure under local anaesthesia (LA) in ter...

1276 CMAJ, August 9, 2011, 183(11) © 2011 Canadian Medical Association or its licensors A24-year-old woman presented to the emergency department with a three-day history of worsening sore throat, pain with swallowing and fever. She had been seen by her primary care physician one day before presentation because of sore throat and fever, and had been given oral amoxicillin. She was previously wel...

BACKGROUND Streptococcus pyogenes is responsible for 5-15% and 20-30% of acute pharyngitis/tonsillitis in adults and children, respectively. It not only causes acute illness but also can give rise to local suppurative complications such as peritonsillar abscess as well as trigger the postinfectious syndromes of glomerulonephritis, acute rheumatic fever and poststreptococcal reactive arthritis. ...

BACKGROUND The experience of clinicians in charge of the in-hospital management of peritonsillar abscesses supports the association between severe forms and anti-inflammatory drug (AID) consumption. However, this observation is based on a limited number of clinical studies. Our objective was to assess the prevalence and impact of AID consumption in patients with peritonsillar abscesses. METHO...