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Palatine tonsils

Throat, ears & nose · 3 documented agents. · bilateral · 2 structures in the atlas

Agents documented for “Pharynx”. The cited literature does not go down to the structure “Palatine tonsils”: the site is shown for each agent, as its own entry names it.

Agents described in this organ

• Streptococcus pyogenes — tropism High tropism, Evidence B — Site named by the entry: Pharynx (angine streptococcique)
• Fusobacterium necrophorum — tropism High tropism, Evidence C — Site named by the entry: Pharynx (porte d'entrée principale — angine)
• Chlamydia pneumoniae — tropism Moderate tropism, Evidence C — Site named by the entry: Pharynx

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