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 virus ebv infection. Whereas most ebv infections of infants and children are. It is also known as glandular fever, the kissing disease, and mono. Es una enfermedad infecciosa, aguda, febril y autolimitada. The infectious mononucleosis im etiology its attributed to several virus, mainly epsteinbarr virus ebv, discovered by epstein. Mononucleosis infecciosa fundamentos del diagnostico. There is no treatment for mono, but supportive care involves resting and drinking plenty of. Infectious mononucleosis disease fact sheet spanish. Evolution of ebv or cmv infection is favorable with infrequent complications. Infectious mononucleosis im is a widely spread systemic viral disease caused in 90% of cases by the epsteinbarr virus evb and approximately 95% of the adult population is ebvseropositive. Article pdf available june 2017 with 3,950 reads how we measure reads. Mononucleosis infecciosa mono, mononucleosis veb english version.
Symptoms of infectious mononucleosis include fatigue, sore throat, fever, and swollen lymph nodes. Mononucleosis diagnostico y tratamiento mayo clinic. Infectious mononucleosis, mononucleosis syndrome, epsteinbarr virus. Aunque su devenir es generalmente benigno, conviene diagnosticarla. 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 virus ebv infection.