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Abscess between tonsillar capsule and superior constrictor and palatopharyngeus muscles
Location affected: superior > middle > inferior pole
Microbiology
Polymicrobial: strep/staph, anaerobes, eikenella, haemophilus influenzae, Fusobacterium necrophorum
Location affected: superior > middle > inferior pole
Polymicrobial: strep/staph, anaerobes, eikenella, haemophilus influenzae, Fusobacterium necrophorum
Peritonsillar abscess
Streptococcal pharyngitis 
Peritonsillar cellulitis
Neisseria gonorrhoeae
Retropharyngeal abscess
Diphtheria 
Epiglottitis
Bacterial Tracheitis