ALLMedicine Mononucleosis Center

Apr 28th, 2020 - Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is the main cause of infectious mononucleosis (IM), a self-limiting infection among immunocompetent patients. EBV is also implicated in the development of several malignancies. We describe a case of a previously healthy 34...

Apr 27th, 2020 - Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a human herpesvirus spread in childhood by contact with saliva. In all populations, the great majority of people are infected by middle age. EBV can cause asymptomatic infection, nonspecific symptoms or, especially in a...

Apr 7th, 2020 - Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is an important human pathogen; it infects >90% people globally and is linked to infectious mononucleosis and several types of cancer. Vaccines against EBV are in development. In this study we present the first systematic ...

Mar 22nd, 2020 - Follicular help T cells (Tfh) play an important role in the activation and differentiation of B cells, while follicular regulatory T cells (Tfr) control Tfh and resulting humoral immune responses. Accumulating evidence has demonstrated that the dy...

Mar 14th, 2020 - They are usually caused by sexually transmitted infections (STIs), most commonly herpes, less commonly syphilis, and rarely chancroid (SHAN-kroid). For men who have sex with men, syphilis is the most common cause. Rare cases of mononucleosis (MAA-...

Mar 14th, 2020 - They are usually caused by sexually transmitted infections (STIs), most commonly herpes, less commonly syphilis, and rarely chancroid (SHAN-kroid). For men who have sex with men, syphilis is the most common cause. Rare cases of mononucleosis (MAA-...

Apr 28th, 2020 - Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is the main cause of infectious mononucleosis (IM), a self-limiting infection among immunocompetent patients. EBV is also implicated in the development of several malignancies. We describe a case of a previously healthy 34...

Apr 27th, 2020 - Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a human herpesvirus spread in childhood by contact with saliva. In all populations, the great majority of people are infected by middle age. EBV can cause asymptomatic infection, nonspecific symptoms or, especially in a...

Apr 7th, 2020 - Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is an important human pathogen; it infects >90% people globally and is linked to infectious mononucleosis and several types of cancer. Vaccines against EBV are in development. In this study we present the first systematic ...

Mar 22nd, 2020 - Follicular help T cells (Tfh) play an important role in the activation and differentiation of B cells, while follicular regulatory T cells (Tfr) control Tfh and resulting humoral immune responses. Accumulating evidence has demonstrated that the dy...

Mar 14th, 2020 - They are usually caused by sexually transmitted infections (STIs), most commonly herpes, less commonly syphilis, and rarely chancroid (SHAN-kroid). For men who have sex with men, syphilis is the most common cause. Rare cases of mononucleosis (MAA-...

Mar 14th, 2020 - They are usually caused by sexually transmitted infections (STIs), most commonly herpes, less commonly syphilis, and rarely chancroid (SHAN-kroid). For men who have sex with men, syphilis is the most common cause. Rare cases of mononucleosis (MAA-...

Jul 16th, 2019 - "I feel like I've tried everything—why don't you just take the [expletive] thing out?" This was my first encounter with a request to treat fatigue with a thyroidectomy. The Patient Who 'Tried Everything' A 34-year-old woman with Hashimoto's thyroi...

Aug 30th, 2017 - Action Points Patients who have had mononucleosis due to infection with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) may be at increased risk of multiple sclerosis (MS). Note that the data support the hygiene hypothesis: that being born/spending your early childhood ...

Nov 23rd, 2016 - Nearly 2 decades ago, I was a pediatric infectious diseases fellow fielding a call from a community pediatrician seeking advice on patient management. The patient in question was a 15-year-old male with fever, rash, and cervical adenopathy – a goo.

Aug 30th, 2016 - Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) occurs in approximately 1% of adolescents. Teens often develop the condition after infectious illnesses (eg, mononucleosis) or athletic injuries. POTS is ch...