METHOD FOR ESTIMATING CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS IN CHRONIC TONSILLITIS Russian patent published in 2013 - IPC G01N33/569 

FIELD: medicine.

SUBSTANCE: method for estimating the clinical effectiveness in chronic tonsillitis involves the microbiological study of the tonsillar lacunae content to type the microorganisms and the concentration thereof; the microbiological study is performed on the 5^th-7^th day from the beginning of treatment. If the mucosal microflora appears to contain the microorganisms S. viridans and/or coagulase negative staphylococci (CNS) in the concentration of >10⁵ CFU/tampon, while the concentration of the other opportunistic microorganisms is <10³ CFU/tampon, the therapy is considered to be effective.

EFFECT: method enables the early estimation of the clinical effectiveness of the chosen method of treating that provides choosing a new therapeutic approach provided the previous one occurred to be unfavourable.

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