JAUNDICE in infectious mononucleosis was first described in 1923 by Downey and McKinlay. 1 Since that time, scattered reports of its occurrence have appeared. 2–21 Martin, 8 in 1941, described 13 ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Hematologic parameters appeared to be “more accurate” than symptoms and signs when diagnosing infectious ...

Certain epidemiologic features of infectious mononucleosis are indicated by antibody patterns to the EB or herpes-like virus of Burkitt lymphoma. The absence of antibody correlated well with ...

Measuring a patient's ratio of white blood cell types may help physicians accurately distinguish between the similar conditions infectious mononucleosis and bacterial tonsillitis, potentially guiding ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Infectious mononucleosis in childhood, especially in adolescence, appeared to increase risk for an MS diagnosis, ...

A research team at the Medical University of Vienna has developed a blood test that allows the identification of individuals at risk for developing multiple sclerosis (MS) with a high degree of ...

Mononucleosis (Mono) is one of those illnesses most people are vaguely aware exists but may not know all that much about. Mono causes symptoms that can be confused with a bad cold, the flu, or even ...

Most cases of mononucleosis are caused by the Epstein-Barr virus, but other viruses can also cause it. Epstein-Barr virus has a relatively long incubation period of around four to six weeks, which is ...

Background Splenomegaly is common in infectious mononucleosis (IM) and splenic rupture during the return-to-play process is a known complication. 1 Because IM has a variable disease course, safe ...

To differentiate acute purulent tonsillitis from infectious mononucleosis, divide the total number of lymphocytes by the WBC count. If the ratio is >0.35, the diagnosis is mono. One of our biggest ...