Tonsillitis itself is not contagious. However, “the viruses and bacteria that cause tonsillitis are highly contagious and can ...

Tonsillitis is usually caused by a viral infection, although in some cases it can be caused by a bacterial infection, says Clark. Streptococcus pyogenes, the same bacterium that causes strep ...

While carriers may not get symptoms of a strep throat infection, they can still transmit the bacteria to others. Tonsillitis ...

Eighteen chronic carriers of beta-hemolytic streptococci and 2 cases of acute streptococcal tonsillitis were treated with a total of 1,200,000 units of penicillin each, given intramuscularly ...

A woman studying to be a nurse was waiting for hours in agonizing pain in the A&E (ER) before dying. Zoe Bell passed on ...

7 Signs You Could Have Strep Throat Tonsillitis is inflamed and swollen tonsils. A viral or, more commonly, bacterial infection usually causes tonsillitis. The tonsils are two growths at the back ...

Nurses checked Ms Bell while she was at the hospital but said her oxygen levels were normal and tried to test for tonsillitis ... also children coming in with Strep-B. By 4.30am Ms Bell and ...