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Could viral or other infections cause puss pockets in the back of throat, besides strep?
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What you consider pus pockets is often just injured/shedding throat tissue. One of the worst looking throat infections is caused by mono. There are many other adeno and enteroviruses that cause nasty looking throats. If a strep test is negative, we assume it is viral since there is no value in specifying which one other than for research.
Answered 5/11/2023
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Definitely so, strep is well described and easily to diagnose due to availability of tests, almost any other virus or bacteria can cause such changes, for bacterial identification, a throat culture may help and specific viruses can be identified on viral panels, most commonly and well described EBV for mono.
Answered 5/11/2023
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