A research team at the College of Medicine at the University of Basrah, consists of Prof. Ihsan Idan Al-Simary, Dr. Essam Muhammad Abdul-Mohsen and Dr. Jassem Muhammad Najm, obtained a patent for isolating and identifying the exotoxins produced by Streptococcus pyogenes that cause tonsillitis. As three bacterial toxins produced by streptococcus pyogenes were discovered, characterized and recorded, and their relationship to causing inflammatory disease or infection of the tonsils in humans was established.
The clinical study also showed that all patients suffering from chronic tonsillitis underwent tonsillectomy as a result of the recurrence of tonsillitis more than (four - seven) times a year and because of the recurrence and increase of complications caused by that inflammation such as: high temperature, loss of appetite, difficulty in eating and drinking. This leads to the removal of the tonsils, which is the appropriate treatment.
These toxins were isolated and characterized based on international references and centers and using modern molecular techniques.
