Platelet Defect of Infectious Mononucleosis

Platelet defect of infectious mononucleosis.

Platelet function has been studied in 16 patients with uncomplicated infectious mononucleosis. Some abnormality of platelet aggregation and/or release of platelet factor III or platelet factor IV was found in all patients. Six patients with platelet defects were retested after three to four months and were found to have normal platelet function and appreciably higher platelet counts. Abnormal p...

Platelet Levels in Infectious Mononucleosis.

CUTE THROMBOCYTOPENIA is a rare but fairly well-documented complication of infectious mononucleosis.1’8 There is, however, little information on platelets in uncomplicated cases. In most accounts of the disease, platelet levels are either ignored or stated to be normal, and actual counts have been found in only two reports.2’3 Limarzi et al.2 investigated 25 cases and found that platelet levels...

Thrombocytopenic purpura complicating infectious mononucleosis; report of a case and serial platelet counts during the course of infectious mononucleosis.

By RICHARD M. ANGLE, M.D. , AND HOWARD L. ALT, M.D. T HE OCCURRENCE of thrombocytopenic purpura during the course of infectious mononucleosis is rare. A review of the literature revealed only six detailed reports of a definite association between these two conditions. It is the purpose of this paper to report another case and to present the results of serial blood platelet counts during the cou...

Diagnosis of infectious mononucleosis.

Glandular fever (infectious mononucleosis).