What hides behind the diagnoses angina follicularis and lacunaris? a contribution to the differentiation of tonsillitis
Hofmann, H.
Kinderarztliche Praxis 57(12): 605-609
1989
ISSN/ISBN: 0023-1495 PMID: 2696805 Document Number: 340193
An one-year examination of 315 children shows that under the diagnosis of follicular tonsillitis or lacunar tonsillitis many aetiological different diseases are summarized. More frequently than previously assumed adeno-, respiratory syncytial-, influenza A-, entero-, herpes simplex- and probably other viruses are the cause. It is shown to what extent the critical general evaluation also of discrete clinical data enables a differentiation. The usual general penicillin therapy of the patients with tonsillitis can be dispensed with.