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Exam questionKROK 2Medicine · 2007

A 22 y.o. man complains of acute throat pain, increasing upon swallowing during 3 days. Body temperature 38, 3°C, neck lymph nodules are slightly enlarged and painful. Pharyngoscopically - tonsi-lar hyperemia, enlargement and edema, tonsils are covered by round yellow fibrinous patches around crypts openings. Beta-haemolytic streptococcus in swab analysis. What is the diagnosis?

Answer options

  1. Pharyngeal diphtheria
  2. Acute follicular tonsilitis
  3. Pharyngeal candidosis
  4. Acute membranous tonsilitis
  5. Infectious mononucleosis
Correct answer

Acute membranous tonsilitis

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