Bilateral Tonsillitis With Peritonsillar Abscess

The authors present a case of an adolescent female who presented to the emergency department with a second case of tonsillitis in the span of two weeks. The patient recovered after treatment with a broader-spectrum antibiotic and was discharged home. The authors highlight the importance of weighing...

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Autores principales: Alston, Kyra, Sklar, Rachel, Stead, Thor S, Lopez Ortiz, Carlos O, Ganti, Latha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
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Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8478693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34646603
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17546
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author Alston, Kyra
Sklar, Rachel
Stead, Thor S
Lopez Ortiz, Carlos O
Ganti, Latha
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description The authors present a case of an adolescent female who presented to the emergency department with a second case of tonsillitis in the span of two weeks. The patient recovered after treatment with a broader-spectrum antibiotic and was discharged home. The authors highlight the importance of weighing the costs and benefits of tonsillectomy with the potential that additional antibiotics may be enough in cases of recurrent tonsillitis.
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spelling pubmed-84786932021-10-12 Bilateral Tonsillitis With Peritonsillar Abscess Alston, Kyra Sklar, Rachel Stead, Thor S Lopez Ortiz, Carlos O Ganti, Latha Cureus Emergency Medicine The authors present a case of an adolescent female who presented to the emergency department with a second case of tonsillitis in the span of two weeks. The patient recovered after treatment with a broader-spectrum antibiotic and was discharged home. The authors highlight the importance of weighing the costs and benefits of tonsillectomy with the potential that additional antibiotics may be enough in cases of recurrent tonsillitis. Cureus 2021-08-29 /pmc/articles/PMC8478693/ /pubmed/34646603 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17546 Text en Copyright © 2021, Alston et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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Alston, Kyra
Sklar, Rachel
Stead, Thor S
Lopez Ortiz, Carlos O
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title Bilateral Tonsillitis With Peritonsillar Abscess
title_full Bilateral Tonsillitis With Peritonsillar Abscess
title_fullStr Bilateral Tonsillitis With Peritonsillar Abscess
title_full_unstemmed Bilateral Tonsillitis With Peritonsillar Abscess
title_short Bilateral Tonsillitis With Peritonsillar Abscess
title_sort bilateral tonsillitis with peritonsillar abscess
topic Emergency Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8478693/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34646603
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.17546
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