What is the best way to differentiate tonsillopharyngitis from a peritonsillar abscess? — Any Rozelle, NP, St. Petersburg, Fla. Tonsillopharyngitis can be caused by viral infections or by bacterial ...

Peritonsillar abscess is a deep-neck space infection that develops between the tonsillar capsule and the superior constrictor muscle. It frequently follows acute tonsillitis and presents with severe ...

Each month, Clinical Advisor makes one new clinical feature available ahead of print. Don’t forget to take the poll. The results will be published in the next month’s issue. A peritonsillar abscess ...

Conservative antibiotic therapy was identified as a safe and effective approach for treating selected children diagnosed with peritonsillar abscess; most children responded to antibiotics alone, but ...

A 61-year-old male was referred from his GP to investigate a pain of ostensibly dental origin down the right side of the throat. The pain had started a week earlier, and made swallowing very painful.

Clinicians have successfully used antibiotics and steroids, instead of an aerosol-generating procedure, to treat a COVID-19-positive man's peritonsillar abscess. Details were published on September 7 ...