PREDOMINATING ORGANISMS FOUND IN CULTURES FROM TONSILS AND ADENOIDS.

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Abstract
During the six months from November, 1927, to May, 1928, cultures were made from the interior of the tonsils and adenoids removed at operation in 100 selected cases. Patients with a history of repeated attacks of tonsillitis were selected for this study. More than 50 per cent were children under 11 years of age. Our object was to determine (1) the predominating organism deep in the crypts; (2) whether the organisms recovered from the tonsils in patients with some general systemic disorder (tonsillitis, arthritis or nephritis) differed in any way from those recovered from the tonsils in patients with local symptoms only (tonsillitis), and (3) the carrier state. It is well known that acute tonsillitis is due to the hemolytic streptococcus. We were interested in determining whether this organism was still predominant at the time of the operation—from three weeks to six months after the last attack of acute tonsillitis.

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