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Streptococcal tonsillitis as a cause of urticaria Tonsillitis and urticaria

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dc.contributor.authorCalado, G
dc.contributor.authorLoureiro, G
dc.contributor.authorMachado, D
dc.contributor.authorTavares, B
dc.contributor.authorRibeiro, C
dc.contributor.authorPereira, C
dc.contributor.authorSegorbe-Luís, A
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-19T09:14:31Z
dc.date.available2011-10-19T09:14:31Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: The primary role of infections in chronic urticaria (CU) is controversial. We hypothesised that streptococcal tonsillitis (ST) could be a primary cause of CU or acute recurrent urticaria (ARU). METHODS: Retrospective study of 14 outpatients observed between January 2000 and December 2009, with CU/ARU and clinical and/or laboratorial suspicion of an aetiopathogenic link with ST. Clinical history, objective examination and laboratorial study were looked for. Three groups were defined: spontaneous resolution of urticaria, resolution after tonsillectomy, and still symptomatic. RESULTS: In these patients, a causal relationship between ST and urticaria is supported by: markers of streptococcal infection, the perception of a clinical relationship between tonsillitis and urticaria, the decrease of urticaria severity with early antibiotherapy to tonsillitis and urticaria resolution after tonsillectomy. CONCLUSIONS: Our study encourages the investigation of tonsillitis in these otherwise idiopathic patients, especially until young adulthood and even in the absence of any symptoms.por
dc.identifier.citationAllergol Immunopathol (Madr). 2011 Oct 5. [Epub ahead of print]por
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.4/1078
dc.language.isoengpor
dc.peerreviewedyespor
dc.publisherSEICAPpor
dc.subjectInfecções por Streptococcuspor
dc.subjectAmigdalitepor
dc.subjectUrticáriapor
dc.titleStreptococcal tonsillitis as a cause of urticaria Tonsillitis and urticariapor
dc.typejournal article
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rcaap.rightsopenAccesspor
rcaap.typearticlepor

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