CLARITHROMYCIN IN TREATMENT OF TONSILLITIS IN CHILDREN

• Main Author: Yu. L. Soldatskii
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: "Paediatrician" Publishers LLC 2012-07-01
• Series: Voprosy Sovremennoj Pediatrii
• Subjects: quinsy; tonsilittis; antibacterial therapy; clarithromycin; children
• Online Access: https://vsp.spr-journal.ru/jour/article/view/468

Acute tonsilittis and episodes of chronic tonsilittis relapses are the most common infectious inflammatory diseases of the throat. A significant risk of development of different organs diseases associated with tonsilittis and worsening of the life quality in a patient with soar throat cause the currency of the rational antibacterial treatment. A special feature of tonsilittis in children is a high prevalence of viral and atypic diseases. A possibility of clarithromycin usage as a first-line drug in empiric systemic antibacterial treatment of acute tonsilittis is analysed in this article.