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11 May
Antibiotics can be prescribed for a throat infection if your doctor finds evidence of a bacterial infection such as severely infected throat with pus on the tonsils (tonsillitis), or they find evidence of bacteria on a throat swab (a test to check if there are bacteria on the throat by taking a swab from the throat). Your doctor will be the best person to advise you on this.