Bacteriological Study of Tonsillitis Patients and Estimation of Concentrations of Certain Immunological Parameters AL-Hindi Zeana sh.1,*, AL-Dulaimi Tsahel H.1, Raadi Nisreen Kaddim1 1Dept. of Biology, Coll. of Science for Women, University of Babylon, Iraq *Corresponding author: Zeana sh. AL-Hindi, E-mail: Zenno_4@yahoo.com
Online published on 4 June, 2019. Abstract Tonsillitis is one of the most common conditions of the upper respiratory tract infections and occurs as a result of an infection mediated by bacteria, viruses, chlamydia and fungi. The inflammation is accompanied by sudden pain in the throat and pain when swallowing. The causes of inflammation of the tonsils are related to the severity of the variability of the cause, as there are many causes, including germ and other may be caused by the diseases associated with the association was in the study collected 100 swabs of people with tonsillitis at Hilla Teaching Hospital at the same time collected (100) blood samples for the purpose of serological study. The results showed the highest rate of infection in females by 70% compared to males, which was 30%. The bacteriological study included all the swabs were cultured in different media for the purpose of determining the bacterial species. The highest percentage of gram positive bacteria was recorded at 78% while the percentage of Gram-negative bacteria was 22%. Of these species, three bacterial strains were Staphylococcus aureus (18%) and Streptococcus spp. By 34% and Klebsiella pneumonia by 0.4%. The incidence of tonsillitis was distributed during the current study in the various age groups, which ranged from (8–47) years. The age group (18–27) had the highest incidence rate of 72% while the lowest rate of infection in the age group (46–42) %, Immunological tests for patients with tonsillitis showed increased concentration of IL-6 at different age groups for all patients compared to control and the highest concentration of them in the age group 18–27 years (5.946 ± 0.001 pg/ml), While the positive results for C.R.P test was only 8.7% of the total infected samples and its concentration was 12 mg/dl. We infer the existence of systematic and local immune response against infection with tonsillitis. Aim of the study Investigation of bacterial species causing tonsillitis, their pharmacological sensitivity and assessment of concentrations of certain immunological parameters Top Keywords Immunological parameters, tonsillitis patients, Bacteriological study, and respiratory. Top |