[Peculiarities of clinical and laboratory characteristics of the activity of streptococcal infection in the patients presenting with tonsillar pathology].

The objective of the present study was to characterize peculiar clinical and laboratory features of trivial tonsillitis for the substantiation of the necessity of prescription of antibacterial therapy. A total of 386 patients presenting with various forms of trivial tonsillitis were available for the determination of anti-streptococcal antibody (ASLO, anti-DN-ase B, ASPH) levels. The results of the measurement were compared based on the Centor scale generally used to estimate the necessity of prescribing antibacterial therapy for the treatment of sore throat. It is concluded that laboratory studies of characteristics of S. Рyogenes activity are needed in all the patients presenting with tonsillitis in order to elucidate the etiological factors responsible for pharyngalgia and the necessity of prescription of antibacterial therapy for the prevention of pyogenic systemic complications of streptococcal infection.

[Modern approaches to diagnostics of the diseases associated with chronic tonsillitis].

The objective of the present study was to analyse risk factors and the clinical course of general diseases and disorders associated with chronic tonsillitis. We overviewed domestic and foreign periodicals and present the data thus obtained together with the results of our original investigations. The study permitted to elucidate the risk factors of the complicated clinical picture of chronic tonsillar pathology and substantiate the necessity of the active surgical treatment for the prevention of the development of toxico-allergic forms of this disease. The importance of thorough diagnostics of the diseases concomitant with chronic tonsillitis both for the purpose of identification of its form and for the prevention of the development of serious life-threatening complications is emphasized.