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  • Title: [Our experience in the management of peritonsillar phlegmon and abscess in children].
    Author: García Callejo FJ, Velert Vila MM.
    Journal: An Esp Pediatr; 1999 Sep; 51(3):251-6. PubMed ID: 10575747.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: Our objective was to evaluate the possible causes of the increased incidence of peritonsillar abscess in children during recent years, since up until now this condition has been unusual in children. PATIENTS AND METHODS: A retrospective study of all cases diagnosed in the Emergency Room between 1983 and 1998 detected nine children admitted to the hospital with painful swallowing, high fever and trismus. All of them underwent fine needle aspiration and transcutaneous ultrasound. RESULTS: The mean age was 9.8 years. Eight children suffered previous pharyngo-tonsillar infection, although emergency assistance was only confirmed in four cases. Six children were treated with macrolides, two with amoxicillin and one with cefuroxime. Exploration always diagnosed peritonsillar infection and needle aspiration detected an abscess in six cases. Ultrasound did not provide new information. In cases with abscess, drainage was performed and in three patients under general anesthesia. Bacteriologic cultures showed a lack of correlation between the isolates from the tonsillar surface and from pus from the abscess or tonsillar core. In the latter two there was a preponderance of Haemophilus influenzae and anaerobes. All children received intravenous antibiotic therapy and delayed tonsillectomy was done. There were no complications. CONCLUSIONS: Infant cases of peritonsillar abscess are increasing and there is no clear relationship with acute tonsillar infections, but probably with the use of inadequate antibiotics.
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