Diagnosis of GABHS Tonsillitis - Comparison Between Culture From Tonsills and Culture From the Bucal Surface

Bait Balev Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Tonsillitis Streptococcal; Tonsillitis

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: throat culture

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03137823

0022-17-BBL

Details and patient eligibility

About

Diagnosis of Group A beta hemolytic strep tonsillitis -

• cultre of tonsills (gold standard)
• culture from bucal surface (test)

Full description

This study will examine 2 groups. first group of 50 children aged 3-18 years and the second group of adults aged 18-65 with a clinical diagnosis of tonsillitis and centor criteria of 2 or more (fever, exudates on tonsills, no cough, enlarged lymph nodes).

In each patient we'll take 2 cultures - the first from the tonsills and the second from the bucal surface. both of them will be sent to MEGA-LAB .

the treatment will be based only on the gold standrad culture from the tonsills.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 to 65 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• tonsills exudates
• Centor criteria - 2 or more

Exclusion criteria

• tonsillectomy

Trial design

Primary purpose: Diagnostic

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 1 patient group

patients

Other group

Description:

each patient will be reviewed twice - first time culture from the tonsills and the second culture from the bucal surface.

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: throat culture