Tonsillar microbial flora: Comparison of recurrent tonsillitis and normal tonsils

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 102-106

  Stjernquist Desatnik, A ^a   Holst, E ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Alpha streptococci; Beta lactamase; Pharyngotosillitis; Sleep apnoea; Streptococcus pyogenes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CHRONIC TONSILLITIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP A;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN V; PENICILLINS; RECURRENCE; SLEEP APNEA SYNDROMES; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 0032977968     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016489950182034     Document Type: Article

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