ETIOLOGICAL PECULIARITIES OF TONSILLITIS IN EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS-INFECTED PATIENTS
Streptococcus (72%) genus, mostly Streptococcus pneumonia (51%) were detected in the majority of the examined 150 patients with moderate and severe forms of tonsillitis, undergoing hospital medical treatment. In 18% cases Epstein-Barr Virus infection in the acute form (infectious mononucleosis), recently occurred infection (early «past-infection»), chronic or bygone infection (late «past-infection») was serologically diagnosed, the infection leading to serious changes in bacterial etiological structure of tonsillitis agents.