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Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use , Anti-Inflammatory Agents, Non-Steroidal/administration & dosage , Medicine, Traditional , Pharyngitis/therapy , Administration, Oral , Homeopathy , Humans , Pharyngitis/etiology , Phytotherapy , Streptococcal Infections/diagnosis , Streptococcal Infections/therapy , Tonsillitis/diagnosis , Tonsillitis/therapy , Treatment OutcomeABSTRACT
Objetivo: avaliar o diagnóstico de tonsilite crônica e a conduta frente aos casos suspeitos. Fontes pesquisadas: as bases de dados Medline e Lilacs com o unitermo tonsilite recorrente até 2005. Sintese dos dados: a infecção crônica das tonsilas faríngeas e palatina tem critério diagnóstico clínico - febre e dor recorrentes, e sinais inflamatórios locais - hipertrofia, halitose e enfartamento ganglionar submandibular / Objectives: to evaluate the clinical diagnosis and management of chronic tonsilitis. Data source: the Medline and Lilacs databasis with the keywords chronic tonsilitis and recurrent tonsilitis until 2005. Data synthesis: there is a clinical diagnostic criteria for chronic palatal and pharyngeal tonsilitis - recurrent pain and fever, and local inflammatory signs - hyperthrophy, halitosis and submandibular linphonodes enlargement...