Tonsillitis in the paediatric outpatient.

A study of tonsillitis in paediatric outpatients was carried out. In this group the aetiology is multifactorial and is clearly associated with sinusitis and nasal allergy. No features of the history or examination were reliable in differentiating between bacterial and viral infection.

Toxic shock syndrome caused by staphylococcal enterotoxin B. A report of 2 cases in children.

Two children with osteomyelitis, staphylococcal septicaemia and toxic shock syndrome (TSS) are reported. Both patients presented with fever, shock, scarlatiniform rash and diffuse mucositis. The multi-organ dysfunction which characterizes this syndrome was apparent in both patients, who had jaundice, functional renal impairment, diffuse myalgia and non-localizing neurological signs.

Activities of four aminoglycosides at subbactericidal concentrations.

This report describes an activity range index derived from the minimal bactericidal and antibiotic concentrations of four aminoglycosides against four representatives of clinically important gram-negative bacilli. The ranking orders of in vitro activity differed from those using the minimal bactericidal concentration or the minimal antibiotic concentration as the sole criterion.