*咽頭培養*と扁桃内細菌の比較

抄録

Throat culture" by swabbing the surface of tonsil is quite advantageous for determining the organisms which may cause tonsillitis, because, this method is quite easy and considered to be reliable.
Currently, however, not all of the residual and transcient organisms in throat are said to be found with this method of identification, and the distribution of organisms which are carried by the parenchyma of tonsil is eventually different from those of the surface of tonsils.
It is the purpose of this paper to make sure the reliability of the "throat culture".
Bacteriological cultures were performed from palatine tonsil just before the tonsillectomy and from the excised tonsils, almost simultaneously.
The excised tonsils were devided into four parts, and the distributions of the bacteria of each part were examined and compared. Their statistical estimation showed no differences in their bacterial population among the surface of tonsils and each part of the excised tonsils. This means that the surface of tonsils carries the same organisms as those in the parenchyma of tonsil.
Then, "throat culture" can be said quite reliable, and available as the clinical examination because of its easiness.