A teenager in the United Kingdom died from an unfortunate missed diagnosis of tonsillitis. Apparently, her primary care doctor thought she had swine flu and was prescribed tamiflu... an anti-viral medication.
For bacterial tonsillitis, treatment is with anti-bacterial antibiotics like amoxicillin, penicillin, etc.
The tonsil infection spread into her blood, seeded her lungs, and eventually caused multi-organ failure and death.
Read the full story here.
November 3, 2010
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Teenager Dies From Tonsillitis
Fauquier ENT
We are a private practice otolaryngology, head & neck surgery group headed by Dr. Christopher Chang specializing in the treatment of problems related to the ear, nose, and throat. We also provide allergy testing/treatment as well as hearing tests and dispensing of hearing aids.
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