Research Article

Increased Levels of S100A8/A9 in Patients with Peritonsillar Abscess: A New Promising Diagnostic Marker to Differentiate between Peritonsillar Abscess and Peritonsillitis

Table 2

Probability of PTA in dependence on the SPTA values. The likelihood for PTA increases with higher PTA score values. For SPTA values ≥ 3, the overall probability of PTA is about 89%.

PTA score valueProbability of PTA

00%21
10%16
218%17
392%12
≥488%25