Relev ance of biofilms in pediatric tonsillar disease

DIAZ RR; PICCIAFUOCO S; PARAJE MG; ANGEL VILLEGAS N; ARCE MIRANDA JE; CREMONEZZI D; COMMISSO R; PAGLINI-OLIVA P

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Año: 2011 vol. 11 p. 1503 - 1503

font face="Arial" size="1"> In this inv estigation, we study the relation between chronic inf lammation of the tonsils, clinical f eatures, and the presence of biof ilms in the cry pts in patients presenting with obstructiv e hy pertrophy and recurrent upper airway pathology . Thirty -six patients who needed to undergo a tonsillectomy f or obstructiv e reasons (aged 1 to 6 y ears), among which none of them had taken any antibiotics 30 day s prior to surgery , were included. Samples were examined with hematoxy lin-eosin and Gram staining, f luorescent microscopy , and conf ocal laser microscopy . The predominance of sy mptoms were those related to obstructiv e pathology rather than inf ection (