title: [Therapeutic possibilities in recurrent infantile tonsillitis].
abstract: The present study compares two therapy protocols in 40 children with recurrent tonsillitis. Twenty of them were randomly treated with penicillin, and the remaining 20 received penicillin + metronidazole. Clinical and microbiological assessment of the results was made. The association of penicillin and metronidazole was most efficient, probably due to its activity against Streptococus pyogenes and anaerobic betalactamase-producing bacterias. The high failure rate in the penicillin group states the necessity to change the therapy with this antibiotic in the treatment of childhood recurrent tonsillitis.
authors.affiliation: Servicio de Microbiología, Hospital Insular de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: de Miguel Martínez
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ramos Macías
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Muñoz Bellido
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: del Cañizo Alvarez
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D006801:Humans; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D010406:Penicillins / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013291:Streptococcus / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014069:Tonsillitis / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000209:etiology / Q000382:microbiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014678:Veillonella / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity
chemical_list: D010406:Penicillins; D008795:Metronidazole
vernacular_title: Posibilidades terapéuticas en la amigdalitis recurrente infantil.