Bacteriology of the core of adenoids in a group of Iraqi patients undergoing adenoidectomy

ABSTRACT

Upper air way obstruction secondary to chronically inflamed adenoid and or tonsil is a common problem, in the presence of recurrent infection; tonsillectomy and or adenoldectomy are the most common surgery applied among pediatric population. The aim of this study was to assess the type of bacteria encountered with- In the core of the adenoid tissue at time of operation. During a period from Feb. 2005 to May 2005, twenty two adenoid samples were removed by surgery, and cross sectioned and sent for culture and sensitivity, at the department of ENT in Al-jerahat hospital for surgical specialties, most of the patients were under 10 year's old. This study showed that the bacteria isolated from the core of adenoid tissue were mostly part of bacterial flora of the upper respiratory tract, only 7 patients showed a growth of pathogenic bacteria to which special sensitivity tests were performed to detect antibiotic sensitivity. The bacteria of the core of the adenoid were mostly composed of normal flora, and few of them were pathogenic and resistant to most ordinary antibiotics