Acute Tonsillopharyngitis

Abstract Acute tonsillopharyngitis is the most common cause of hospital admission in pe-diatric practice. Though this disease is well known, there are still many mistakes about diagnosis and treatment of this disease. These mistakes cause overuse of antibiotics, high treatment cost and also induce antibiotic resistance. Viruses are the leadingcause of tonsillopharyngitis. Bacterial tonsillopharyngitis is mostly caused by Group A beta hemolytic streptococci (GAS) in childhood. Insufficient treatment of GASpharyngitis may cause suppurative and non-suppurative complications. Throat culture is gold standart for diagnosis and there are also rapid supportive tests. Penicilline is the best way to treat GAS pharyngitis because it has narrow spectrum, it ischeap and resistance is shown yet. Inspecial cases other antibiotics may be used