tonsillitis

Summary
Synonym
  • Throat infection - tonsillitis
  • chronic tonsillitis
Definition
An upper respiratory tract disease which is characterized by inflammation of the tonsils resulting from bacterial (Group A streptococcus) and viral (Epstein-Barr virus, adenovirus) infections. Symptoms include a severe sore throat, painful or difficult swallowing, coughing, headache, myalgia, fever and chills.
Super Class
upper respiratory tract disease
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Disease Ontology
DOID:10456
Mondo Disease Ontology
MeSH
UMLS
NCI Thesaurus
Related Genes
Displaying all 5 entries
Gene ID Gene Symbol Description Source
2220 FCN2 ficolin 2
2588 GALNS galactosamine (N-acetyl)-6-sulfatase
2876 GPX1 glutathione peroxidase 1
4153 MBL2 mannose binding lectin 2
4907 NT5E 5'-nucleotidase ecto

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