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Infectious mononucleosis

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ძირითადი დიაგნოსტიკური ფაქტორები

  • fever
  • pharyngitis
  • cervical or generalized lymphadenopathy
  • malaise
სრული ტექსტი

სხვა დიაგნოსტიკური ფაქტორები

  • splenomegaly
  • rash
  • signs of hepatitis (hepatomegaly, jaundice)
  • jaundice
  • myalgia
სრული ტექსტი

რისკფაქტორები

  • kissing
  • sexual behavior
სრული ტექსტი

დიაგნოსტიკური კვლევები

1-ად შესაკვეთი გამოკვლევები

  • CBC
  • Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-specific antibodies
  • LFTs
სრული ტექსტი

Tests to avoid

  • serum Monospot for EBV infection
  • ultrasonography of abdomen
სრული ტექსტი

გასათვალისწინებელი კვლევები

  • real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR)
  • CT of abdomen
სრული ტექსტი

მკურნალობის ალგორითმი

მწვავე

all patients

კონტრიბუტორები

ავტორები

George Turabelidze, MD, PhD

Medical Epidemiologist

Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

Washington University School of Medicine

St Louis

MO

გაფრთხილება:

GT declares that he has no competing interests.

რეცენზენტები

Linda Kalilani, MBBS, MPhil, PhD

Epidemiologist

College of Medicine

University of Malawi

Zomba

Malawi

Disclosures

LK declares that she has no competing interests.

Paul G. Auwaerter, MD, MBA, FACP, FIDSA

Clinical Director

Division of Infectious Diseases

Associate Professor of Medicine

Divisions of Infectious Diseases and General Internal Medicine

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Baltimore

MD

Disclosures

PGA declares that he has no competing interests.

References

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Key articles

Vetsika EK, Callan M. Infectious mononucleosis and Epstein-Barr virus. Expert Rev Mol Med. 2004 Nov 5;6(23):1-16. Abstract

Katz BZ. Update on chronic fatigue syndrome and Epstein-Barr virus. Pediatr Ann. 2002 Nov;31(11):741-4. Abstract

Ganzel TM, Goldman JL, Padhya TA. Otolaryngologic clinical patterns in pediatric infectious mononucleosis. Am J Otolaryngol. 1996 Nov-Dec;17(6):397-400. Abstract

De Paor M, O'Brien K, Fahey T, et al. Antiviral agents for infectious mononucleosis (glandular fever). Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2016 Dec 8;(12):CD011487.Full text  Abstract

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