We examined 135 patients with tonsillar focal infections both before and after tonsillectomy and evaluated the results of the tonsillar negation test.
1) The tonsillar negation test was positive in 40 to 50% of the patients.
2) Almost all the patients with pustulosis palmaris et plantaris who had positive tonsillar negation tests improved after tonsillectomy.
3) The tonsillar negation test was correct more often than the tonsillar provocation test, but not often enough to be used alone.
4) The combined use of the tonsillar negation test and the tonsillar provocation test provided a higher percentage of correct diagnoses.
