Clinicians have successfully used antibiotics and steroids, instead of an aerosol-generating procedure, to treat a COVID-19-positive man's peritonsillar abscess. Details were published on September 7 ...

Differential diagnoses of PTA include epiglottitis (inflammation of the epiglottis), infectious mononucleosis, lymphoma, peritonsillar cellulitis and retromolar or retropharyngeal abscess. 1 On ...

Peritonsillar abscess, also known as quinsy, is a bacterial infection that causes pus to collect near the tonsils and the ...

I came down with an unrelenting sore throat about 15-20 years ago. For years I have tried to be discreet in prescribing antibiotics in most of my patients, for fear of causing resistance in bacteria ...

Having a sore throat on the right side only when swallowing can have different causes. Something could affect one side of your body, like an abscess or swollen body part, or it could be due to your ...