1993
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2273.1993.tb00845.x
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The incidence and role of actinomyces in recurrent acute tonsillitis

Abstract: A histological and bacteriological study of 129 pairs of tonsils from patients with recurrent acute tonsillitis showed actinomyces to be present in 29.5%. The organism, however, was also present in 40% of tonsils from 10 patients with no history of tonsillar disease. In neither of these groups was there any specific evidence of tissue reaction to actinomyces nor was there a male preponderance as in clinical actionomycosis. The presence of actinomyces in the tonsil was not favoured by the concurrence of β‐lacta… Show more

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“…Other studies have also corroborated the diagnostic specificity of direct microscopic identification of Actinomyces [2,3]. More resource intensive mechanisms such as PCR-based oligonucleotide in situ hybridization techniques have been used to detect Actinomyces from dental caries and root canal tissue but were not used in this study [9].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 52%
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“…Other studies have also corroborated the diagnostic specificity of direct microscopic identification of Actinomyces [2,3]. More resource intensive mechanisms such as PCR-based oligonucleotide in situ hybridization techniques have been used to detect Actinomyces from dental caries and root canal tissue but were not used in this study [9].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 52%
“…It has been suggested that the presence of this bacteria can be a contributing factor in adenotonsillar hypertrophy in patients with sleep disordered breathing (SDB) [2]. Others have suggested that the presence of Actinomyces merely reflects colonization within the tonsil of an ubiquitous oral bacteria [3].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Bizim dil kökünde aktinomikoz infeksiyonu tespit ettiğimiz olgumuzun tedavisinde penisilin G kullanılmış olup cerrahi eksizyon sonrasında tanısı kesinleşen olguda altı haftalık oral penisilinle tedavi tamamlanmıştır. Tonsiller aktinomikozun küratif tedavisi medikal değil, cerrahi olarak yapılır (30). Biz de tonsiller aktinomikozlu olgularda tek başına tonsillektominin küratif tedavi sağlayacağı kanısındayız.…”
Section: İrdelemeunclassified
“…des lymphatischen Rachenrings ist umstritten [1,2,7,8,10,11]. Mehrere Untersuchungen zur Bedeutung von Aktinomyzeten am Resektat tonsillektomierter Patienten zeigten eine entsprechende Besiedlung der tonsillären Krypten in bis zu 40% der Fälle [7,10,11].…”
Section: Tonsillar Actinomycosis As a Rare Cause Of Oral Malodor Diaunclassified
“…Am häufigsten (> 90% der Isolate) ließ sich dabei Actinomyces israelii isolieren, aber auch andere ActinomycesSpezies wie A. odontolyticus, A. viscosus oder A. naeslundii wurden nachgewiesen. Die Kriterien einer invasiven Aktinomyzetenerkrankung mit rekurrierender Tonsillitis oder obstruktiver Tonsillenhyperplasie als Folge einer entzündlichen Gewebereaktion wurden in den genannten Untersuchungen nicht erfüllt, so dass von einer saprophytären Kolonisierung ausgegangen wird [1,2,7,8,10,11]. Hingegen kommt eine slowakische Untersuchung an Resektaten von 125 Patienten mit chronischer Tonsillitis zu dem Schluss, dass in einem Drittel der untersuchten Fälle eine transepitheliale Migration von Aktinomyzeten in das Tonsillengewebe mit aktiver Entzündungsre-aktion nachweisbar ist, was die Mög-lichkeit einer aktiven Rolle von Aktinomyzeten bei der Entstehung chronischer inflammatorischer Tonsillen erkrankungen unterstreicht [5].…”
Section: Tonsillar Actinomycosis As a Rare Cause Of Oral Malodor Diaunclassified