Acute Tonsillitis

Data on acute tonsillitis detailed by researchers at University of Newcastle

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, February 3rd, 2008

According to recent research published in the Journal of Laryngology and Otology, "Recurrent acute tonsillitis is one of the most frequent ENT referrals, yet its pathogenesis remains poorly understood, and tonsillectomy still costs the National Health Service more than 60 pound 000 000 annually. Antimicrobial cationic peptides are components of the innate immune system."

"They are generally small, highly positively charged peptides with broad spectrum antimicrobial activity which function as the body's 'natural antibiotics'. The role of antimicrobial cationic peptides in the susceptibility of patients to recurrent acute tonsillitis is unknown. To characterise and...

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