Toll-like receptors in cellular subsets of human tonsil T cells: altered expression during recurrent tonsillitis

Respiratory Research

Table 1 Demographic data of the patients

	Infected group	Control group
Number of patients	18	21
Sex	8 males, 10 females	8 males, 13 females
Age (years)	3–19 (mean 9.4, median 9)	3–18 (mean 8.2, median 6)
Indication for tonsillectomy	History of recurrent tonsillitis	Hyperplastic obstructing tonsils
Tonsil size	Small to substantially enlarged	Substantially enlarged
Tonsillar core culture test	Positive	Negative

The tonsillar core culture test was positive if the tonsils harbored β-hemolytic streptococci or anaerobes.

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