[Differential diagnosis of and diphtheria and tonsillitis]

Differential diagnostic differences have been analyzed for faucial diphtheria (41 patients), infectious mononucleosis (219 patients), follicular and lacunar tonsillitis (71 patients), Vincent tonsillitis (22 patients). Besides specific clinical manifestations, of special importance in distinguishing the above diseases was a profound analysis of hemogram with calculations of special parameters and variants of ESR/leukocyte count ratio.