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Science articlesPeritonsillar abscess in children. Clinical and microbiological methods of investigation
N. V. Sirenko (1), A. A. Korneenkov (2), S. I. Alekseenko (1), (3), S. A. Artyushkin (3)
(1) State Budgetary Health Care Institution „Children's hospital N 19”, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
(2) Federal State Budgetary Institution Saint Petersburg Research Institute of Ear, Throat, Nose and Speech of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russia, Saint Petersburg, Russia
(3) Federal State Budgetary Institution Higher Education “North-Western State Medical University named after I. I. Mechnikov” of Ministry of Healthcare of the Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg, Russia
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.18692/1810-4800-2018-5-92-96
ABSTRACT
This article presents the results of the study of antistreptolysin-O in the results of biochemical blood analysis in children with paratonsillar abscess in 115 patients. In 73(63%) patients revealed excess of ASL-O. Detection of elevated levels of ASL-O in children with this pathology is of great importance. In our study, we analyzed the frequency of increase in ASL-O in children, as well as the dependence of increase in ASL-O associated with beta-hemolytic Streptococcus group A and the choice of tactics of treatment and selection of antibacterial treatment in the early stages of diagnosis before receiving the cultures of purulent discharge cavity of paratonsillar abscess.
Publication date:
01.10.2018
Keywords:
paratonsillar abscess, biochemical blood analysis, antistreptolysin-O, C-reactive protein. For citation:
Sirenko N. V., Korneenkov A. A., Alekseenko S. I., Artyushkin S. A. Peritonsillar abscess in children. Clinical and microbiological methods of investigation. Rossiiskaya otorinolaringologiya. 2018;5:92–96. https://doi.org/10.18692/1810-4800-2018-5-92-96