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Can staph aureus produce pus inside tonsils instead of proper abscess and without inflammation of tonsil? please answer properly i am worried

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Dr. Robert Killian answered

Specializes in General Practice

Please clarify: Pus inside tonsils is an abscess.

Answered 7/13/2014

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