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Overview
Tonsillitis is an infection of the tonsils and will often, but not necessarily, cause a sore throat and fever.
Pathophysiology
Tonsillitis is associated with infection, it is currently unknown if the swelling and other symptoms are caused by the infectious agents themselves, or by the host immune response to these agents. Tonsillitis may be a result of aberrant immune responses to the normal bacterial flora of the nasopharynx.