Risk factors for peritonsillar abscess in streptococcus A-negative tonsillitis: a case control study.

CONCLUSION: The Centor criteria, as well as C-reactive protein and white blood cell count, have a low discriminatory performance, and the FeverPAIN score is not useful in identifying patients at risk for peritonsillar abscess in group A haemolytic streptococcus-negative tonsillitis. To guide a rational antibiotic prescription, new decision tools need to be developed. These might include items such as difficulty swallowing, dyspnoea, tonsillar swelling and unilaterality.
PMID: 33516164 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Swiss Medical Weekly - January 18, 2021 Category: General Medicine Authors: Helfenberger L, Fischer R, Giezendanner S, Zeller A Tags: Swiss Med Wkly Source Type: research