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DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1727744
Seasonal changes in the bacterial spectrum of peritonsillar abscesses
The peritonsillar abscess is one of the most common deep infections of the head and neck region, which occurs especially in young adults. The diagnosis is based on the clinical presentation. Symptoms include odynophagia, dysplastic language, trismus and hypersalvitation. Identifying the infection in good time and starting therapy is important to avoid potentially serious complications such as airway obstruction, aspiration, or extension of the infection to the deep neck tissue. Due to increasing resistance, the additional treatment with antibiotics after surgical drainage of the abscess or after abscess tonsillectomy is controversial.
The aim of the present descriptive, retrospective study is to identify the main cause of the peritonsillar abscess on a defined cohort and to show the possible changes in the germ spectrum depending on climatic conditions, including seasonal changes, in order to establish the optimal recommendation of antibiotics. The examined sample comprised 496 patients who presented themselves between January 2014 and December 2018 in a tertiary university hospital.
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13. Mai 2021
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