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A bacterial infection of the tonsils with group A β-haemolytic streptococcus, rarely with staphylococcus and haemophilus.

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  1. Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, Iaso Thessalias General Hospital, Larissa, Greece

    Petros Koltsidopoulos

  2. University Hospital of Larissa, Larissa, Larissa, Greece

    Charalampos Skoulakis

  3. Department of Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery, Medical College of Georgia- Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA

    Stilianos Kountakis

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Koltsidopoulos, P., Skoulakis, C., Kountakis, S. (2017). Pharynx. In: ENT. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-56330-5_9

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