Infectious Mononucleosis and Corticosteroids

Infectious mononucleosis and corticosteroids: management practices and outcomes.

OBJECTIVE Although many studies have examined the effects of systemic corticosteroid therapy (SCT) on the clinical course of infectious mononucleosis (IM), few have evaluated the influence of these studies on treatment patterns and outcomes. The purpose of this study was to review current therapeutic strategies and outcomes in uncomplicated and complicated IM. DESIGN Retrospective case series...

Corticosteroids in Infectious Diseases

Accumulated data based on experiences with curtico,teroids in the management uf infectious disea­ses, have proved that they are very dfective and ,afe drugs provided that are administered properly.  The Corticosteroids arc administered mainly be­c,1usc o; antitoxic, antiimflammatory a11d antiallcrgic effects, the cndotoxius are ncuturalized, generalized body reactions are diminished, damaged t...

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...

Glandular fever (infectious mononucleosis).