title: [A report of twice outbreak epidemic of acute tonsillitis and acute pharyngitis].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To discuss the pathogenic factors, prevention and treatment of fulminant epidemic of acute tonsillitis and acute pharyngitis.
  
  
  METHODS
  We investigated and analysed the cases of twice fulminant epidemic of acute tonsillitis and acute pharyngitis.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In the first time, 91 patients among 518 persons were attacted, the sick rate was 17.6%. In the second time, 39 among 295 persons were attacted, the sick rate was 13.2%. The main symptoms were pharyngodynia and fever. Bacterial culture of throat swab of 20 cases of the first time and 17 cases of the second time were carried out. The positive rate of beta-hemolytic streptococcus was 82.5% and 85.3% respectively.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Environment and individual health condition are important factors in the fulminant epidemic of acute tonsillitis and acute pharyngitis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Otolaryngology, Beijing Army General Hospital, Beijing 100700.
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Ji
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010612:Pharyngitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology; D013297:Streptococcus pyogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification; D014069:Tonsillitis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000382:microbiology