Tonsillectomy for this 35-year-old patient?

Aysha Ahmed; Abraham T Yacoub; Arun Ponnuru; Smitha Pabbathi; Sowmya Nanjappa; Albert L Vincent; John Greene

Tonsillectomy for this 35-year-old patient?

J Fam Pract. 2016 Jul;65(7):474-6.

Authors

Aysha Ahmed¹, Abraham T Yacoub², Arun Ponnuru², Smitha Pabbathi², Sowmya Nanjappa², Albert L Vincent³, John Greene⁴

Affiliations

¹ Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Bradenton Campus, FL, USA.
² H. Lee Mofitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA.
³ Department of Internal Medicine, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA.
⁴ H. Lee Mofitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine, Tampa, FL, USA. Email: john.greene@moffitt.org.

PMID: 27565100

Abstract

Is tonsillectomy an appropriate treatment modality for this adult patient's refractory group A β-hemolytic streptococcal pharyngitis, in light of her history of recurrent infections?

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Female
Florida
Humans
Pharyngitis / diagnosis*
Pharyngitis / surgery*
Recurrence
Streptococcal Infections / diagnosis*
Streptococcal Infections / surgery*
Streptococcus pyogenes / isolation & purification*
Tonsillectomy*
Treatment Outcome