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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Bacterial tonsillitis may be caused by Group A streptococcal bacteria,[1] resulting in strep throat.[1]. Sometimes, tonsillitis is caused by a superinfection of spirochaeta and treponema, in this case called Vincent's angina or Plaut-Vincent angina.[2]
Causes
Life-Threatening Causes
Life-threatening causes include conditions which may result in death or permanent disability within 24 hours if left untreated
Common Causes
Causes by Organ System
| Cardiovascular | Obstructive sleep apnea |
| Chemical/Poisoning | No underlying causes |
| Dental | Pericoronitis, trench mouth, Vincent's angina |
| Dermatologic | Guttate psoriasis, hand-foot-and-mouth disease, neutrophilic dermatoses |
| Drug Side Effect | No underlying causes |
| Ear Nose Throat | No underlying causes |
| Endocrine | No underlying causes |
| Environmental | No underlying causes |
| Gastroenterologic | No underlying causes |
| Genetic | No underlying causes |
| Hematologic | No underlying causes |
| Iatrogenic | No underlying causes |
| Infectious Disease | No underlying causes |
| Musculoskeletal/Orthopedic | No underlying causes |
| Neurologic | No underlying causes |
| Nutritional/Metabolic | No underlying causes |
| Obstetric/Gynecologic | No underlying causes |
| Oncologic | No underlying causes |
| Ophthalmologic | No underlying causes |
| Overdose/Toxicity | No underlying causes |
| Psychiatric | No underlying causes |
| Pulmonary | No underlying causes |
| Renal/Electrolyte | No underlying causes |
| Rheumatology/Immunology/Allergy | No underlying causes |
| Sexual | No underlying causes |
| Trauma | No underlying causes |
| Urologic | No underlying causes |
| Miscellaneous | No underlying causes |
Causes in Alphabetical Order
- Adenovirus
- Alemtuzumab
- Allergies
- Angina tonsillaris
- Asthma
- Bordetella pertussis
- Carglumic acid
- Chlamydia pneumoniae
- Common cold
- Corynebacterium diphtheriae
- Cyclosporine
- Cytomegalovirus
- Diphtheria
- Enteroviruses
- Epstein-Barr virus
- Formoterol
- Fusidic acid (ophthalmic)
- Fusobacterium necrophorum
- Gastroesophageal reflux disease
- Group A streptococcal infection
- Guttate psoriasis
- Hand-foot-and-mouth disease
- Herpes simplex
- Herpes simplex virus
- HIV
- Human papillomavirus 9-valent vaccine
- Infectious mononucleosis
- Influenza
- Influenza virus
- Lemierre's syndrome
- Malignancy
- Measles
- Montelukast
- Mycoplasma pneumoniae
- Natalizumab
- Neisseria gonorrhoeae
- Neutrophilic dermatoses
- Obstructive sleep apnea
- Parainfluenza viruses
- Pericoronitis
- Pimecrolimus
- Plague
- Respiratory syncytial virus
- Rhinovirus
- Rubeola
- Secukinumab
- Staphylococcus aureus
- Streptococcus pneumoniae
- Streptococcus pyogenes
- Syphilis
- Tobramycin
- Tonsil cancer
- Tonsillolith
- Trench mouth
- Treponema pallidum
- Tuberculosis
- Tularemia
- Vincent's angina
- Yersinia pestis infection
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Putto A (1987). "Febrile exudative tonsillitis: viral or streptococcal?". Pediatrics. 80 (1): 6–12. PMID 3601520.
- ↑ Van Cauwenberge P (1976). "[Significance of the fusospirillum complex (Plaut-Vincent angina)]". Acta Otorhinolaryngol Belg (in Dutch; Flemish). 30 (3): 334–45. PMID 1015288. - fusospirillum complex (Plaut-Vincent angina) Van Cauwenberge studied the tonsils of 126 patients using direct microscope observation. The results showed that 40% of acute tonsillitis was caused by Vincent’s agina and 27% of chronic tonsillitis was caused by Spirochaeta