[Immunodiagnosis of chronic tonsillitis]

Current methods of allergo- and immunodiagnosis of chronic tonsillitis are reviewed. Among them, attempts to use serological tests and reactions of cell type for defining course and form of chronic tonsillitis. Single tests, especially those basing on the suggested etiological factors, are thought uneffective. The available knowledge on functional characteristics of the lymphopharyngeal ring allows to offer some immunological tests for development of the laboratory-diagnostic algorithm aimed primarily at assessing feasibility of tonsil tissue repair for decisions on therapeutic policy rather than determination of the tonsillitis form.