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Can i get strep from someone who has tonsillitis. but i do not have tonsils?
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Yes possible: although your symptoms will be much less severe. Even if your tonsils may not have grown back but you may have tonsil tissue left behind. Also, if your adenoids were not removed during the initial surgery, strep may infect those as well.
Answered 6/8/2014
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