What are the causes of membrane over the tonsils?
Feature
|
Membranous Tonsillitis
|
Diphtheria
|
Age
|
>5
|
2-5
|
Onset
|
Acute
|
Insidious
|
General Symptoms
|
More
|
Less
|
Odynophagia
|
More
|
Less
|
Temperature
|
High
|
Low
|
Tachycardia
|
Proportionate
with temperature
|
Disproportionate
|
Tonsil
|
Enlarged and congested
|
Normal
|
Membrane
|
Bilateral
|
Unilateral
|
Whitish Yellow
|
Gray
|
|
Thick
|
Thin
|
|
Limited to Tonsil
|
Extends beyond
|
|
Easily
removed
|
Bleeds
on removal
|
|
Culture
|
GABH
|
Corynebacterium diphtheria
|
Lymphnode
|
Jugulodiagastric
(Woods)
|
Generalised
(Bull Neck)
|
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