915 Infectious Mononucleosis and Adolescents

Pseudohyperkalaemia and infectious mononucleosis.

Pseudohyperkalaemia is described from a patient with infectious mononucleosis. The in vitro release of potassium was associated with clotting and all the blood cells may have been involved.

Infectious Mononucleosis and Porphyria

LIVER involvement in infectious mononucleosis is a well-recognised entity usually causing "hepatitis" or a hepato-cellular dysfunction. have reported a focal infiltration of mononuclear cells with reticulocyte proliferation and necrosis, and in fact one series of fifteen cases (Cohn and Lidman) all showed impairment of the liver as judged by abnormal biochemistry. Sherlock (1958) states that th...

Chronic fatigue syndrome after infectious mononucleosis in adolescents.

OBJECTIVE The goal was to characterize prospectively the course and outcome of chronic fatigue syndrome in adolescents during a 2-year period after infectious mononucleosis. METHODS A total of 301 adolescents (12-18 years of age) with infectious mononucleosis were identified and screened for nonrecovery 6 months after infectious mononucleosis by using a telephone screening interview. Nonrecov...

Glandular fever (infectious mononucleosis).

Glandular Fever: Infectious Mononucleosis