Abstract

  Tuberculosis is global disease with an incidence of 9.6 million cases as per WHO report in 2015. India accounts for an estimated 2.2 million cases. 4% of Indian population is infected with TB with vast majority having latent infection. Early detection and intervention is needed for cure, hence we reporting this case of twin boys with a rare entity of tonsillar TB to bring on a familiarity to varied presentations.

Keywords: Tuberculosis; Tonsillar TB; Mycobacterium

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Citation

Citation: Parul Sachdeva., et al. “A Case Report on Tonsillar TB: Mischievous Mycobacterium Strikes Twins". Acta Scientific Otolaryngology 2.11 (2020): 34-35.

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Copyright: © 2020 Parul Sachdeva., et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.