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2 month persistent throat pain/swollen tonsils. doctor is prescribing bactrim (sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim). already tried caphalexin 5 weeks ago. help mildly. thoughts please?

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Pharyngitis/tonsilit: This is either not due to bacterial infection or, less likely, you are infected with an organism resistant to these antibiotics. Suspect you might have infectious mononucleosis or a mononucleosis-like syndrome. Best to see an ENT doctor or an infectious diseases expert. Hope this helps.

Answered 1/31/2015

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