Abstract
Objectives: To audit the use of antibiotics treat patients admitted to a district general hospital with a diagnosis of acute tonsillitis
. Design: A retrospective and prospective clinical audit.
Setting: A District General hospital.
Participants: 106 patients admitted with a diagnosis of acute tonsillitis between 1st January 2005 and 31st December 2005; and 28 patients admitted with a diagnosis of acute tonsillitis between the 1st February 2007 and 30th June 2007.