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Acronym	Definition
PTA	Parent-Teacher Association
PTA	Please Try Again
PTA	Physical Therapist Assistant
PTA	Pakistan Telecommunication Authority
PTA	Parents to Avoid
PTA	Public Transport Agency (various locations)
PTA	Public Transport Authority (Australia)
PTA	Pure-Tone Audiometry (hearing test)
PTA	Property Tax Administration (various states)
PTA	Phosphotungstic Acid
PTA	Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty
PTA	Passenger Terminal Amsterdam (Netherlands)
PTA	Physical Therapy Associates (various locations)
PTA	Purified Terephthalic Acid
PTA	Personal Travel Agent
PTA	Pohakuloa Training Area (US Army; Hawaii)
PTA	Paul Thomas Anderson (director)
PTA	Pixel Tapestry Architecture
PTA	Personal Travel Assistant
PTA	Ppp Termination Aggregation
PTA	Prevention of Terrorism Act (UK)
PTA	Post Traumatic Amnesia
PTA	Per Theater Average (financial statistic)
PTA	Preferential Trade Agreement
PTA	Pharmazeutisch-Technische Assistentin (German Profession in Medical Sector)
PTA	Public Transportation Account (California)
PTA	Prior To Admission
PTA	Primetime Adventures
PTA	Privacy Threshold Analysis (information security)
PTA	Prior To Arrival
PTA	Prepaid Ticket Advice
PTA	Pure Tone Average (hearing exams)
PTA	Plasma Thromboplastin Antecedent (blood coagulation factor XI)
PTA	Patent Term Adjustment
PTA	Peddle Thorp Architects (Australia)
PTA	Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
PTA	Pietà (postal locality, Malta)
PTA	Peritonsillar Abscess
PTA	Passenger Transport Authority
PTA	Power Tool Accessories
PTA	Problem Tree Analysis (logic)
PTA	Predicted Transmitting Ability
PTA	Preliminary Technical Assessment
PTA	Parent and Teacher Association
PTA	Pilotless Target Aircraft
PTA	Promise to Appear (in court)
PTA	Picatinny Arsenal
PTA	Physiotherapy Assistant
PTA	Patellar Tendon Angle (orthopedics)
PTA	Pressure Transient Analysis
PTA	Project, Task, Award (various universities)
PTA	Spanish Peseta (national currency)
PTA	Provincial Training Allowance
PTA	Pension Term Assurance (insurance)
PTA	Parasympathetic Tone Activity
PTA	Packed Tower Aeration
PTA	Plain Text Alternative (email)
PTA	Point of Total Assumption
PTA	Pennsylvania Telephone Association
PTA	Postcard Traders Association (UK)
PTA	Public Transport Association
PTA	Points-To Analysis
PTA	Pre-Trial Agreement
PTA	Pulsar Timing Array
PTA	Performance Textiles Association (UK)
PTA	Pre-Travel Authorization
PTA	PPP Termination and Aggregation
PTA	Propagation Time Asymmetry
PTA	Pianoforte Tuners' Association (UK)
PTA	Primary Training Audience
PTA	Petrograd Telegraph Agency (ROSTA predecessor 1914-1918)
PTA	Public Technology Assistant
PTA	Principal Technical Advisor
PTA	Personal Test Automation (SONET)
PTA	Page Table Address
PTA	Post and Telekom Austria
PTA	Paid Time Away
PTA	Paducah Transit Authority (Kentucky, USA)
PTA	Planarized-Trench Aluminum
PTA	Proposed Technical Approach(es)
PTA	Partition Top Anchors (construction)
PTA	Play to Air (broadcasting)
PTA	Pot Tending Assembly (aluminium industry)
PTA	Pitch Trim Actuator
PTA	Propellant Tank Assembly
PTA	Personal Trust Assistant
PTA	Primary Target Area
PTA	Passive Tracking Algorithm
PTA	Progeny Transmitting Ability (breeding)
PTA	Planned Time of Arrival
PTA	Pre-Task Analysis
PTA	Programmed Time of Arrival
PTA	Parents and Taxpayers for Accountability
PTA	Paper Traders Association (India)
PTA	Program Transfer Agreement
PTA	Primary Training Activities
PTA	Provincial Telecommunication Authority (China)
PTA	Phase Transition Analyser
PTA	Personal Threat Alarm
PTA	Precise Timing and Astrometry
PTA	Platform Technical Advisor
PTA	Physical Terminal Address
PTA	Pope and Talbot Line (railroad)
PTA	Product Test Authorization
PTA	Proficiency Training Aircraft
PTA	Predicted Target Area (US Navy)
PTA	Pre-Tendering Approval (ElectronicTender)

References in periodicals archive

The correlation between peritonsillar abscess and immunocompromised hosts is not well described in the literature; however it is known that the immune status of children is different from that of adults.

Bilateral Peritonsillar Abscess in an Infant: An Unusual Presentation of Sore Throat

Peritonsillar abscess is a commonly occurring pathology among fit healthy adults.

NEEDLE ASPIRATION AN EQUAL TO INCISION AND DRAINAGE IN MANAGEMENT OF PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS

In our patient, the fibromatosis was superimposed by an oropharyngeal infection, which created a clinical picture resembling a peritonsillar abscess. Anything that deviates from the typical course of a disease--in this case what appeared to be peritonsillar abscess--should alert the physician to the possibility of a different diagnosis and lead to reassessment of the patient.

Aggressive fibromatosis of the oropharynx: a multidisciplinary approach to a benign disease

Antibiotics also decrease the incidence of rheumatic heart disease (NNT=100) and peritonsillar abscesses. Due to the decreased incidence of glomerulonephritis, the evidence is inadequate to determine the role of antibiotics in preventing this complication.

Should you treat a symptomatic patient by phone when his child has confirmed strep throat?

In this article, we describe the case of an adult who presented with a lymphovenous malformation that masqueraded as a peritonsillar abscess and caused airway obstruction.

An unusual case of adult airway obstruction from a lymphovenous malformation

Peritonsillar abscess is believed to be part of a disease continuum that progresses from acute tonsillitis to peritonsillar cellulitis and finally to peritonsillar abscess.

Bilateral peritonsillar abscesses: a challenging diagnosis

Ten years later, he began conducting clinical trials of various antibiotic and steroid combinations for the treatment of peritonsillar abscess. These regimens proved to be very effective, although treatment success required relatively high doses of steroids.

An outpatient medical treatment protocol for peritonsillar abscess

Untreated pharyngitis due to this latter organism can lead to serious sequelae, such as peritonsillar abscess and rheumatic fever.

What clinical features are useful in diagnosing strep throat?

Peritonsillar abscess: an unlikely cause of necrotizing fasciitis.

Necrotising fasciitis--a rare cause of neck swelling in a 2 year old child

The presenting signs and symptoms of bilateral peritonsillar abscess are varied, and therefore a high index of suspicion is important for early diagnosis and treatment.

Bilateral peritonsillar abscess revisited

A peritonsillar abscess (quinsy) is collection of pus between Fibrous capsule of Tonsil usually at it upper pole and superior constrictor muscle of pharynx.

Quinsy tonsillectomy--a safe procedure

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