Bacteriologic comparison of tonsil core in recurrent tonsillitis and tonsillar hypertrophy

Laryngoscope

Volumn 117, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2146-2151

  Jeong, Jin Hyeok ^a   Lee, Dong Wook ^a   Ryu, Ri A ^a   Lee, Young Sup ^a   Lee, Seung Hwan ^a   Kang, Jung Oak ^a   Tae, Kyung ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bacteriology; Hypertrophy; Tonsil; Tonsillectomy; Tonsillitis

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADENOIDECTOMY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASONAL VARIATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TONSIL DISEASE; TONSIL HYPERTROPHY; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTROPHY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 40349116358     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLG.0b013e31814543c8     Document Type: Article

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