A peritonsillar abscess (pair-ee-TON-sill-er AB-sess) is when a sore filled with pus (a thick, whitish-yellow fluid) forms near one of your tonsils at the back of your throat. It is caused by an ...

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 ...

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 ...

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Quinsy or peritonsillar abscess is an acute infectious swelling of the upper pole of the tonsillar fossa (tonsillar sinus). It is mostly seen in adults between 20 and 40 years old, and lies between ...

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 ...

The editors and current author would like to thank and acknowledge the significant contribution of the previous author of this chapter from the 2004 first edition, Dr. Joel Ruff. This current second ...

A peritonsillar abscess (per-ih-TON-sih-lar AB-sess) is an infection that forms near one of the tonsils in the soft, spongy part of the roof of your mouth. An abscess means that pus has formed around ...