Tonsillar focal infection: clinical observations of low grade fever.
Thirty patients (above 18 years) who had complained of low grade fever were diagnosed as having tonsillar focal infection. We performed tonsillectomies on all the patients. A total of 24 were cured and 6 patients improved after the operation. These results indicate that tonsillectomy is often an effective treatment for tonsillar focal infection. However, the provocation test did not always give a good result.
Takeuchi
J
J
Department of Otolaryngology, Fujita Health University, The Second Affiliated Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
Yagisawa
M
M
Nishimura
T
T
D000328:Adult; D002176:Candida albicans / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005260:Female; D006193:Haemophilus influenzae / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011550:Pseudomonas aeruginosa / Q000302:isolation & purification; D012705:Serratia / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014068:Tonsillectomy; D014069:Tonsillitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome