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. 2020 Jun 22:96–107. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-323-02041-1.50017-1

Table 11-6.

Bacterial Causes of Peritonsillar Abscess

  • Streptococcus pyogenes (GAβHS)

  • Staphylococcus aureus

  • Streptococcus agalactiae (group B streptococcus)

  • Haemophilus influenzae

  • Fusobacterium necrophorum

  • Bacteroides species

  • Porphyromonas species

  • Peptostreptococcus species

  • Prevotella melaninogenica

  • Mycobacterium

GAβHS, group A β-hemolytic streptococcus.