Microbiological examination in children with chronic tonsillitis

Krystyna Orendorz-Frączkowska, Marek Bochnia

Summary
Chronic tonsillitis is the most common indication for tonsillectomy. It is often caused by an inappropriate antibiotic therapy for acute tonsillitis. Thus, it is very important to be conversant with the bacteriology of respiratory tract infections.
30 children aged (4.5-17) with chronic tonsillitis were included in the study. The purpose was microbiologic assessment of swabs taken from the surface and inside of the tonsils. 19 gram+ and gram- bacteria strains were isolated from all swabs. Str. Orale, Peptostr. Spp. and Neisseria spp. were present in all patients on the surface and inside tonsils. St. Aureus was identified as the causative factor of chronic tonsillitis in 14 children (46.2%). Str. Pyogenes type A in 12 (40.6%), E. coli in 2 (6.6%) and Klebsiella xytoca in 2 (6 6%). Among these St. Aureus and Str. Pyogenes type A were the most common (86. 6%).

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