Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Unknown status
Study Type: Observational
Official Title: Procalcitonin-guided Detection of Streptococcal Acute Tonsillitis
Brief Summary:
The primary purpose of the present study is to investigate the usefulness of Procalcitonin as a supplement to the Streptococcal antigen test and Centor criteria in the differential diagnose making between Streptococcal and non-Streptococcal acute tonsillitis.
Furthermore, the investigators aim to examine Procalcitonin as a diagnostic marker in acute tonsillitis due to Fusobacterium Necrophorum.