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I have bacterial or viral tonsillitis, what to do?
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See an ENT doctor: The best advice I can give you is to see an ENT doctor for evaluation. You need a culture of the tonsil to determine if you have a bacterial infection and determine the correct antibiotic to use.
Answered 7/27/2014
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