Alston Kyra, Sklar Rachel, Stead Thor S, Lopez Ortiz Carlos O, Ganti Latha
Emergency Medicine, Trinity Preparatory School, Winter Park, USA.
Emergency Medicine, Brown University, Providence, USA.
Cureus. 2021 Aug 29;13(8):e17546. doi: 10.7759/cureus.17546. eCollection 2021 Aug.
The authors present a case of an adolescent female who presented to the emergency department with a second case of tonsillitis in the span of two weeks. The patient recovered after treatment with a broader-spectrum antibiotic and was discharged home. The authors highlight the importance of weighing the costs and benefits of tonsillectomy with the potential that additional antibiotics may be enough in cases of recurrent tonsillitis.
作者介绍了一例青少年女性病例,该患者在两周内第二次因扁桃体炎就诊于急诊科。患者经使用广谱抗生素治疗后康复并出院。作者强调了在复发性扁桃体炎病例中权衡扁桃体切除术的成本和益处以及额外使用抗生素可能就足够的重要性。