Open AccessInterference by Aerobic and Anaerobic Bacteria in Children With Recurrent Group A β-Hemolytic Streptococcal Tonsillitis
Author(s) -
Itzhak Brook,
Alan E. Gober
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
archives of otolaryngology--head and neck surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-361X
pISSN - 0886-4470
DOI - 10.1001/archotol.125.5.552
Subject(s) - anaerobic exercise , anaerobic bacteria , microbiology and biotechnology , group a , prevotella , tonsillitis , bacteria , fusobacterium , streptococcus , aerobic bacteria , medicine , biology , bacteroides , physiology , genetics
To compare the frequency of recovery of aerobic and anaerobic bacteria with interfering capability of group A beta-hemolytic streptococci (GABHS) in the tonsils of children with and without a history of recurrent GABHS pharyngotonsillitis.