It is recognized most frequently in adolescents and young adults from developed countries for reasons that are not completely understood. Infectious mononucleosis, also known as mono, is an illness that usually affects. Easily share your publications and get them in front of issuus. A handout on infectious mononucleosis, written by the author of this article, is provided on page 1289. Infectious mononucleosis im is characterized by a triad of fever, tonsillar pharyngitis, and. The disease occurs worldwide with no seasonal predilection. Pablo lara vega summary infectious mononucleosis im is a clinical syndrome. 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. Infectious mononucleosis as a potential risk to the dentist. Mononucleosis infecciosa by ricardo vicentino issuu. Characteristically it consists of fever, lymphadenopaty and acute pharyingitis and ocasionally it will also present. Infectious mononucleosis mono is an infection that causes sore throat, fever, swollen glands, and tiredness or fatigue.
Mononucleosis is often referred to as mono or the kissing disease. Causes of infectious mononucleosis infectious mononucleosis is transmitted by exposure to saliva, so it can be spread by kissing, by sharing glasses or. Infectious mononucleosis is a clinical entity characterized by sore throat, cervical lymph node enlargement, fatigue and fever. Infectious mononucleosis syndrome in adolescents and adult patients infectious mononucleosis syndrome, characterized in typical cases by fever, sore throat, tonsillar exudates, cervical adenopathies and atypical lymphocytosis is associated in most cases to epsteinbarr. Most americans have had an ebv infection by age 40 years. It can be caused by a number of pathogens, but this chapter considers it as disease resulting from primary epsteinbarr virus ebv infection and is focused on the immunocompetent host.
Infectious mononucleosis allergy and clinical immunology. Infectious mononucleosis mono is often called the kissing disease. Infectious mononucleosis allergy and clinical immunology jama. The virus that causes mono is transmitted through saliva, so you can get it through kissing, but you can also be exposed through a cough or sneeze, or by sharing a glass or food utensils with someone who has mono. See page 1201 for definitions of strengthofrecommendation labels. Epsteinbarr virus is a member of the herpesvirus family and is one of the most common viruses that infects humans. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. We now know that the characteristic atypical lymphocytes, carefully described morphologically by downey and. Infectious mononucleosis is a clinical entity characterized by pharyngitis, cervical lymph node enlargement, fatigue and fever. Infectious mononucleosis mono is caused by an epsteinbarr virus ebv infection.
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