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최근 10년간 편도주위농양의 임상적 양상의 변화

한철우1, 남승일1,*, 김현규1, 송창윤1, 구수권1
Cheol Woo Han1, Seung Il Nam1,*, Hyun Kyu Kim1, Chang Youn Song1, Soo Kweon Koo1
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1부산 성분도병원 이비인후과
1Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, St. Benedict Hospital, Busan, Korea
*교신저자: 남승일, 602-739 부산광역시 동구 초량 3동 31-3 부산 성분도병원 이비인후과 전화: (051) 466-7001·전송: (051) 464-7271 E-mail: vicknam@naver.com

© Copyright 2004 The Busan, Ulsan, Gyeoungnam Branch of Korean Society of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. This is an Open-Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Received: Nov 01, 2004; Accepted: Nov 23, 2004

Published Online: May 31, 2020

ABSTRACT

Background and Objectives: Peritonsillar abscess is a disease in which pus is collected between the tonsillar capsule and the superior pharyngeal constrictor muscle. The use of antibiotics and the changes of the medical environment can make a difference in the clinical aspects of peritonsillar abscess, which in turn, can make influence on the treatment of it. We compared the two clinical analyses to evaluate any clinical changes of peritonsillar abscess during the past 10 years. Materials and Method: Forty patients with peritonsillar abscess, who visited St. Benedict Hospital from March 2001 through February 2004 were analysed retrospectively on various clinical factors including bacteriology and antibiotics sensitivity. The result was compared with the one from forty patients who visited the same hospital from February 1994 through March 1997. Results: Compared with the result of 10 years ago, we found the statistically significant decrease in body temperature at visit to the hospital and in hospitalization days. Staphylococcus aureus as causative organism became more important than it was 10 years ago. Resistance of cultured organisms to penicillin remarkably increased. Conclusion: Penicillin was not effective for the treatment of peritonsillar abscess any more because of the increased resistance of organisms to it during the past 10 years. (J Clinical Otolaryngol 2004;15:245–249)

Keywords: 편도주위농양; 항생제 감수성; 배양검사
Keywords: Peritonsillar abscess; Sensitivity test, microbial; Culture