title: Necrotizing herpes-simplex virus tonsillitis mimicking peritonsillar abscess.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland. cedric.hirzel@insel.ch.
authors.forename: Cédric
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hirzel
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nueesch
authors.affiliation: Department of General Internal Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Wendland
authors.affiliation: Institute of Pathology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Rupert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Langer
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006561:Herpes Simplex / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*; D006651:Histocytochemistry; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008853:Microscopy; D008875:Middle Aged; D009333:Neck / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000039:Peritonsillar Abscess / Q000473:pathology*; D018139:Simplexvirus / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014069:Tonsillitis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology*