ABSTRACT
We have estimated that in 1995 more than 2 million pounds was spent by the National Health Service on throat swabs used to investigate chronic tonsillitis in the UK. This study was devised to assess the value of this investigation. The surface microflora, obtained using a throat swab, was compared with the microflora of the deep tonsil in 30 cases of chronic tonsillitis. None of the throat swabs grew pathogenic organisms, while in 16 cases, heavy growths of recognised pathogens were grown from the tonsillar tissue. This paper demonstrates that throat swabs have little value in the management of chronic tonsillitis, and if the investigation was omitted in this condition, a substantial saving could be made.
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Bacteriological Techniques , Otolaryngology/methods , Pharynx/microbiology , Tonsillitis/microbiology , Adolescent , Adult , Chronic Disease , Evaluation Studies as Topic , Humans , Middle Aged , Practice Patterns, Physicians'Subject(s)
Chondroma/diagnostic imaging , Knee Joint , Soft Tissue Neoplasms/diagnostic imaging , Adolescent , Cartilage Diseases/diagnosis , Cartilage, Articular/pathology , Chondroma/pathology , Chondroma/surgery , Diagnosis, Differential , Humans , Male , Radiography , Soft Tissue Neoplasms/pathology , Soft Tissue Neoplasms/surgeryABSTRACT
The percentage molar ratio (%MR) of the 9,11 and 9,12 isomers of octadecadienoic acid was determined in cervical exfoliated cells from 148 subjects, of whom 27 had cytologically proven intraepithelial neoplasia and in cervical biopsy specimens from 43 subjects, of whom 24 had histologically diagnosed cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. The %MR in both cervical biopsy specimens and exfoliated cells did not significantly differ in subjects with or without cervical intraepithelial neoplasia. The measurement of the %MR of 9,11:9,12 octadecadienoic acid has no role in the detection of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia.
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Linoleic Acids, Conjugated , Linoleic Acids/analysis , Uterine Cervical Neoplasms/analysis , Female , HumansSubject(s)
Amoxicillin/therapeutic use , Ampicillin/analogs & derivatives , Sulfamethoxazole/therapeutic use , Trimethoprim/therapeutic use , Urinary Tract Infections/drug therapy , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Clinical Trials as Topic , Drug Combinations , Escherichia coli/drug effects , Female , Humans , Male , Microbial Sensitivity Tests , Middle Aged , Urinary Tract Infections/etiologySubject(s)
Anti-Bacterial Agents/therapeutic use , Penicillin Resistance , Staphylococcal Infections/drug therapy , Staphylococcus aureus/physiology , Erythromycin/therapeutic use , Family Practice , Humans , Penicillins/therapeutic use , Pharyngeal Diseases/drug therapy , Pharyngeal Diseases/microbiology , Skin Diseases/drug therapy , Skin Diseases/microbiology , Tetracyclines/therapeutic useABSTRACT
Nasal mucus eosinophilia was found in 92 per cent of adults with active hay fever. After an initial period of gaining experience in the method of collecting mucus, this was found to be a simple cheap method of demonstating an allergic component in the genesis of rhinitis. This test could be employed for detecting the relationship of allergic factors to chronic respiratory tract disease in childhood and in adults.
