Evidence of Bacterial Biofilms among Infected and Hypertrophied Tonsils in Correlation with the Microbiology, Histopathology, and Clinical Symptoms of Tonsillar Diseases

<table>Antimicrobial susceptibility of tonsillar isolates against selected <i>β</i>-lactam agents. AM: ampicillin, AMC: amoxicillin-Clavulanic acid, SAM: ampicillin-Sulbactam, CFP: cefoperazone, CTX: cefotaxime, CAZ: ceftazidime, CTR: ceftriaxone, CXM: cefuroxime, LEX: cephalexin, IPM: imipenem, ME: methicillin, PEN: penicillin, TZP: piperacillin-Tazobactam. (S) indicates susceptible isolates and (R) indicates resistant isolates.</table>

International Journal of Otolaryngology

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Figure 1: Evidence of Bacterial Biofilms among Infected and Hypertrophied Tonsils in Correlation with the Microbiology, Histopathology, and Clinical Symptoms of Tonsillar Diseases 

Figure 1 | Evidence of Bacterial Biofilms among Infected and Hypertrophied Tonsils in Correlation with the Microbiology, Histopathology, and Clinical Symptoms of Tonsillar Diseases 