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| Title |
Incidence, microbiology and clinical history of peritonsillar abscesses
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Infectious Diseases, July 2009
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| DOI | 10.1080/00365540802040562 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ola Sunnergren, Jonas Swanberg, Sigvard Mölstad |
| Abstract |
The objective of this study was to describe the incidence and microbiology of peritonsillar abscesses (PTA) and to study the clinical history with special reference to primary care management of these patients. We performed a retrospective study of hospital records to determine the incidence of PTA in 2000-2006, and a prospective study of consecutive PTA patients to study the microbiology of PTA, the clinical history and previous management in primary care of these patients. The incidence of PTA varied between 19 and 37/100,000 per y in the y 2000-2006. In total, 89 patients were included in the prospective study (54M, 35F), with a median age of 22 y (range 13-83 y). The most frequent single bacterial agent found was group A beta- haemolytic Streptococcus (GAS), identified in 18% of throat swabs and 24% of aspirates. The majority of PTA developed within 5 d of onset of sore throat and 54% of patients presented without prior consultation for sore throat. In the studied population the patient that first presented to primary care seems to have been appropriately managed and referred. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 17 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 17 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 3 | 18% |
| Researcher | 3 | 18% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 2 | 12% |
| Other | 2 | 12% |
| Student > Master | 1 | 6% |
| Other | 3 | 18% |
| Unknown | 3 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 8 | 47% |
| Arts and Humanities | 1 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 6% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 1 | 6% |
| Computer Science | 1 | 6% |
| Other | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 4 | 24% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 23 April 2018.
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#8,882,501
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#511
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#43,910
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#198
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