Tonsillar colonisation of Fusobacterium necrophorum in patients subjected to tonsillectomy

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Björk, Helena ^a   Bieber, Lena ^a   Hedin, Katarina ^b,c   Sundqvist, Martin ^a,d  

^a CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Unit for Research and Development Kronoberg County Council   (Sweden)

^d ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aetiology; Chronic tonsillitis; Fusobacterium necrophorum; Persistent sore throat syndrome; Recurrent tonsillitis; Tonsillectomy; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC TONSILLITIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREVALENCE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SORE THROAT; THROAT CULTURE; TONSIL; TONSILLECTOMY; YOUNG ADULT; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGITIS; PHARYNX; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TONSILLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM INFECTIONS; FUSOBACTERIUM NECROPHORUM; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGITIS; PHARYNX; PREVALENCE; RECURRENCE; TONSILLECTOMY; TONSILLITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84936765703     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12879-015-0975-z     Document Type: Article

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