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Revisiting The Value of Anti-streptolysin O Titer in Children with Rheumatic Fever [PDF]
Pediatric Sciences Journal (Egypt), 2022 Background: Acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease are the significant non-suppurative late sequelae of group A beta hemolytic streptococcal infection.
Mohamed S. Eid +4 more
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Heritability of Recurrent Tonsillitis [PDF]
Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, 2005 To estimate the relative contribution of genetic and environmental effects on the variance in the liability of recurrent tonsillitis.Retrospective questionnaire data from a population-based cohort.Population-based data from Norway.A total of 9479 Norwegian twins born between January 1, 1967, and December 31, 1979, identified through the Medical Birth ...
Ellen, Kvestad +5 more
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Increased levels of S100A8/A9, IL-1ß and IL-18 as a novel biomarker for recurrent tonsillitis
Journal of Inflammation, 2021 Background Acute tonsillitis represents one of the most frequent reasons patients seek primary medical care and otorhinolaryngology consultation. Therefore, recurrent episodes of acute tonsillitis (RAT), also called chronic tonsillitis, exhaust a ...
Christoph Spiekermann +6 more
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TSLP activates the production of IFN-γ via CD8-positive T cells in recurrent tonsillitis
Clinical Immunology Communications, 2022 The role of thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) in chronic infection is not well understood. We report an increased number of cluster of differentiation 8 (CD8+ T) cells and higher expression of TSLP in the tonsil tissues of patients with recurrent ...
Kota Hiraoka +5 more
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Microbiology Spectrum, 2022 Despite antibiotics being the primary medical treatment for recurrent tonsillitis, the impact of antibiotics on the tonsillar microbiome is not well understood.
James Johnston +7 more
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Aktualʹnaâ Infektologiâ, 2020 Recurrent tonsillitis is common in all age groups, but the highest incidence is observed in the pediatric population due to morphological immaturity of the tonsils and age-related incompleteness of the immunological functions of the child’s body.
S.I. Ilchenko +2 more
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Trials, 2021 Background Tonsillar surgery has been used for decades to treat recurrent and chronic tonsillitis in adults. Recurrent and chronic tonsillitis result in disturbing symptoms, treatment costs, sick leave, and impaired quality of life (QoL).
Aleksi Laajala +7 more
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Medicina, 2021 Background and Objectives: Recurrent tonsillitis is an infection of the palatine tonsils. Samples for microbiological testing are usually obtained from the inflamed surface of the tonsils.
Renata Klagisa, Juta Kroica, Ligija Kise
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Recurrent Acute Tonsillitis, The 'Core' Issue
Bengal Journal of Otolaryngology and Head Neck Surgery, 2016 Introduction: Today bacteriological and patho-anatomical considerations too are taken into account while treating a case of tonsillitis. Past decade has seen the rise of resistance amongst the common pathogens, as well as rise in the number of unusual ...
Saikat Samaddar +7 more
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Molecular mapping to species level of the tonsillar crypt microbiota associated with health and recurrent tonsillitis. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 The human palatine tonsils, which belong to the central antigen handling sites of the mucosal immune system, are frequently affected by acute and recurrent infections.
Anders Jensen +3 more
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