The Distribution of Peritonsillar Abscess Patients in Sanglah Hospital Denpasar at 2010 until 2017
Lely Rahayu, Arta Eka Putra and Sartika SariDepartment of Otorhinolaryngology, Medical Faculty of Udayana University, Sanglah Hospital, Denpasar, Indonesia.
Corresponding Author E-mail: madelelyrahayu@gmail.com
Abstract: Peritonsillar abscesses (PTAs) are collections of purulent material that usually develop outside the tonsillar capsule near the superior pole. Peritonsillar abscess (PTA) is the most common complication of tonsil infections in adults. To know the distribution of patients with peritonsillar abscess in Sanglah Hospital Denpasar at period 2010-2017. This is an observational retrospective study using medical records of patients with peritonsillar abscess in Sanglah Hospital Denpasar during January 2010 until March 2017. 38 patients with peritonsillar abscess were male 65.78%, mean of age 38.76 years, 78.95% with sore throat, 100% unilateral, most common aerob culture detected Streptococcus viridans (63.16%) that 100% sensitive to cefuroxime, cefepime, meropenem and linezolid. The most length of hospital stay was 4 days (65.78%) with average 4.5 days, mostly found without difficulting factors and there is no complication in this study. This study revealed male more frequent than female, with sore throat is the frequent symptoms, mostly unilateral and Streptococcus viridans is the most bacteria in microbiological culture and 100% sensitive to cefuroxime, cefepime, meropenem and linezolid. There is no difficulting factors and complication in this study.
Keywords: Peritonsillar abscess; microbiological culture; Streptococcus Back to TOC