Adenoiditis laboratory findings

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Mahshid Mir, M.D. [2]

Overview

Laboratory findings consistent with the diagnosis of adenoiditis include neutrophilia, positive culture for organism during throat exam sampling, and positive blood culture for the organism in severe cases.^[1]

Laboratory findings

Neutrophilia on complete blood count (CBC)
Culture of swabs taken from the throat: May grow the pathogen
Blood tests to determine the presence of organisms in blood (especially in ill patients with acute disease)

References

↑ Galli J, Calò L, Ardito F, Imperiali M, Bassotti E, Fadda G, Paludetti G (2007). “Biofilm formation by Haemophilus influenzae isolated from adeno-tonsil tissue samples, and its role in recurrent adenotonsillitis”. Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital. 27 (3): 134–8. PMC 2640046. PMID 17883191.

[pmid17883191-1] Galli J, Calò L, Ardito F, Imperiali M, Bassotti E, Fadda G, Paludetti G (2007). “Biofilm formation by Haemophilus influenzae isolated from adeno-tonsil tissue samples, and its role in recurrent adenotonsillitis”. Acta Otorhinolaryngol Ital. 27 (3): 134–8. PMC 2640046. PMID 17883191.

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Adenoiditis laboratory findings

Overview

Laboratory findings

References

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