In extreme cases, your spleen may rupture, causing sharp, sudden pain in the left side of your upper abdomen. You may experience mild liver inflammation hepatitis. We now know that the characteristic atypical lymphocytes, carefully described morphologically by downey and. Infectious mononucleosis is the name coined by sprunt and evans in 1920 1 for an acute infectious disease consisting of fever, cervical lymphadenopathy and pharyngitis accompanied by atypical large peripheral blood lymphocytes. Acyclovir for treatment of infectious mononucleosis. If such pain occurs, seek medical attention immediately you may need surgery. In young adults, the disease often results in fever, sore throat, enlarged lymph nodes in the neck, and tiredness. Mononucleosis mono fact sheet what is mononucleosis mono. Whereas most ebv infections of infants and children are. It can be caused by a number of pathogens, but this chapter only discusses infectious mononucleosis due to primary epsteinbarr virus ebv infection. Im is a clinical syndrome caused by epsteinbarr virus. Infectious mononucleosis im, mono, also known as glandular fever, is an infection usually caused by the epsteinbarr virus ebv. Mononucleosis infecciosa fundamentos del diagnostico.
Most people are infected by the virus as children, when the disease produces few or no symptoms. Vyas, md, phd, assistant professor in medicine, harvard medical school. Acute hepatitis due to infectious mononucleosis in a 21yearoldman. Mononucleosis infecciosa pagina 2 articulos intramed. Mononucleosis, also known commonly as mono, is a viral illness.
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