Tonsilitis causes: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
Ochuko Ajari (talk | contribs) |
m (Bot: Automated text replacement (-{{columns-list|3| +{{columns-list|)) |
||
| (4 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
==Overview== | ==Overview== | ||
Bacterial tonsillitis may be caused by ''[[Group A streptococcal infection|Group A streptococcal bacteria]]'',<ref name="pmid3601520">{{cite journal |author=Putto A |title=Febrile exudative tonsillitis: viral or streptococcal? |journal=[[Pediatrics]] |volume=80 |issue=1 |pages=6–12 |year=1987 |pmid=3601520 |doi= |issn=}}</ref> resulting in [[strep throat]].<ref name="pmid3601520">{{cite journal |author=Putto A |title=Febrile exudative tonsillitis: viral or streptococcal? |journal=[[Pediatrics]] |volume=80 |issue=1 |pages=6–12 |year=1987 |pmid=3601520 |doi= |issn=}}</ref>. Sometimes, tonsillitis is caused by a [[superinfection]] of [[spirochaeta]] and [[treponema]], in this case called [[Trench mouth|Vincent's angina]] or Plaut-Vincent angina.<ref name="pmid1015288">{{cite journal |author=Van Cauwenberge P |title=[Significance of the fusospirillum complex (Plaut-Vincent angina)] |language=Dutch; Flemish |journal=Acta Otorhinolaryngol Belg |volume=30 |issue=3 |pages=334–45 |year=1976 |pmid=1015288 |doi=}} - fusospirillum complex (Plaut-Vincent angina) Van Cauwenberge studied the tonsils of 126 patients using direct microscope observation. The results showed that 40% of acute tonsillitis was caused by Vincent’s agina and 27% of chronic tonsillitis was caused by Spirochaeta</ref> | |||
==Causes== | ==Causes== | ||
| Line 130: | Line 131: | ||
===Causes in Alphabetical Order=== | ===Causes in Alphabetical Order=== | ||
{{columns-list | {{columns-list| | ||
*[[Adenovirus]] | *[[Adenovirus]] | ||
*[[Alemtuzumab]] | *[[Alemtuzumab]] | ||
| Line 200: | Line 201: | ||
[[Category:Disease]] | [[Category:Disease]] | ||
[[Category:Inflammations]] | [[Category:Inflammations]] | ||
[[Category:Crowdiagnosis]] | [[Category:Crowdiagnosis]] | ||
Latest revision as of 23:06, 10 January 2020
|
Tonsilitis Microchapters |
|
Diagnosis |
|---|
|
Treatment |
|
Case Studies |
|
Tonsilitis causes On the Web |
|
American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Tonsilitis causes |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Bacterial tonsillitis may be caused by Group A streptococcal bacteria,[1] resulting in strep throat.[1]. Sometimes, tonsillitis is caused by a superinfection of spirochaeta and treponema, in this case called Vincent's angina or Plaut-Vincent angina.[2]
Causes
Life-Threatening Causes
Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated
Common Causes
Causes by Organ System
| Cardiovascular | Obstructive sleep apnea |
| Chemical/Poisoning | No underlying causes |
| Dental | Pericoronitis, trench mouth, Vincent's angina |
| Dermatologic | Guttate psoriasis, hand-foot-and-mouth disease, neutrophilic dermatoses |
| Drug Side Effect | No underlying causes |
| Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
| Endocrine | No underlying causes |
| Environmental | No underlying causes |
| Gastroenterologic | No underlying causes |
| Genetic | No underlying causes |
| Hematologic | No underlying causes |
| Iatrogenic | No underlying causes |
| Infectious Disease | No underlying causes |
| Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic | No underlying causes |
| Neurologic | No underlying causes |
| Nutritional/Metabolic | No underlying causes |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
| Oncologic | No underlying causes |
| Ophthalmologic | No underlying causes |
| Overdose/Toxicity | No underlying causes |
| Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
| Pulmonary | No underlying causes |
| Renal/Electrolyte | No underlying causes |
| Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy | No underlying causes |
| Sexual | No underlying causes |
| Trauma | No underlying causes |
| Urologic | No underlying causes |
| Miscellaneous | No underlying causes |
Causes in Alphabetical Order
- Adenovirus
- Alemtuzumab
- Allergies
- Angina tonsillaris
- Asthma
- Bordetella pertussis
- Carglumic acid
- Chlamydia pneumoniae
- Common cold
- Corynebacterium diphtheriae
- Cyclosporine
- Cytomegalovirus
- Diphtheria
- Enteroviruses
- Epstein-Barr virus
- Formoterol
- Fusidic acid (ophthalmic)
- Fusobacterium necrophorum
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease
- Group A streptococcal infection
- Guttate psoriasis
- Hand-foot-and-mouth disease
- Herpes simplex
- Herpes simplex virus
- HIV
- Human papillomavirus 9-valent vaccine
- Infectious mononucleosis
- Influenza
- Influenza virus
- Lemierre's syndrome
- Malignancy
- Measles
- Montelukast
- Mycoplasma pneumoniae
- Natalizumab
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae
- Neutrophilic dermatoses
- Obstructive sleep apnea
- Parainfluenza viruses
- Pericoronitis
- Pimecrolimus
- Plague
- Respiratory syncytial virus
- Rhinovirus
- Rubeola
- Secukinumab
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Streptococcus pyogenes
- Syphilis
- Tobramycin
- Tonsil cancer
- Tonsillolith
- Trench mouth
- Treponema pallidum
- Tuberculosis
- Tularemia
- Vincent's angina
- Yersinia pestis infection
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Putto A (1987). "Febrile exudative tonsillitis: viral or streptococcal?". Pediatrics. 80 (1): 6–12. PMID 3601520.
- ↑ Van Cauwenberge P (1976). "[Significance of the fusospirillum complex (Plaut-Vincent angina)]". Acta Otorhinolaryngol Belg (in Dutch; Flemish). 30 (3): 334–45. PMID 1015288. - fusospirillum complex (Plaut-Vincent angina) Van Cauwenberge studied the tonsils of 126 patients using direct microscope observation. The results showed that 40% of acute tonsillitis was caused by Vincent’s agina and 27% of chronic tonsillitis was caused by Spirochaeta