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Chronic Tonsillopharyngitis

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Tonsillitis, whether chronic or recurrent, leads to repeated episodes of tonsillar inflammation, which have a negative effect on the life quality of patients. Repeated episodes of tonsillitis and pharyngitis affect many children, to the extent that they appear a part of their everyday life. Whilst antibiotics are effective in reducing symptoms in the short term, it is frequent for tonsillitis to reappear. The reason for this recurrence is that a number of pathogenic bacteria are able to form a biofilm within the moisture-rich and warm tonsillar crevices which protects the pathogen and allows it to reinfect the host [1].

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  1. Section of Otorhinolaryngology, Davraz Yaşam Hospital, Davraz, Isparta, Turkey

    Mehmet Emrah Ceylan

  2. Section of Otorhinolaryngology, Tepecik Training and Research Hospital, İzmir University of Health Sciences, İzmir, Turkey

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  3. Department Head and Neck Surgery, Institute of Otorhinolaryngology, Catholic University of Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy

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Ceylan, M.E., Çukurova, İ., De Corso, E. (2022). Chronic Tonsillopharyngitis. In: Cingi, C., Arısoy, E.S., Bayar Muluk, N. (eds) Pediatric ENT Infections. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-80691-0_45

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