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Published on: November 16, 2015
[Analysis of the relationship between chronic pharyngitis and tonsillectomy with the microbiologic study of the
M A López González1, J Moreno Vaquera, M L Muntagori León
1Servicio de ORL, Centro de Especialidades Dr. Fleming, Hospitales Universitarios Virgen del Rocio, Sevilla. malopez@cica.es
Abstract:
Chronic pharyngitis is an usual process with difficult treatment. It has been related to tonsillectomy. This study collected 224 patients suffering from chronic pharyngitis, 55 tonsillectomies and 169 without operation. Bacteriological culture was done from nasopharynx in the different seasons. Microorganisms more frequent were Staphylococcus aureus, Corynebacterium sp and Aspergillus. The time between the tonsillectomy and this study has been of more than 17 years. No relationship has been found between chronic pharyngitis and tonsillectomy, considering types of microorganisms, seasons, numbers of microorganisms isolated per culture, Gram stain, and age of the patients.
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