ALLMedicine™ Infectious Mononucleosis Center

Jun 23rd, 2022 - Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders (PTLD) are defined by the revised 2017 edition of the WHO Classification of Tumours of Haematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues as "lymphoid or plasmacytic proliferations that develop as a consequence of im...

May 19th, 2022 - Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD) is a rare, benign, and self-limited disease that presents with cervical lymphadenopathy and systemic symptoms. Histologic evaluation is often necessary to differentiate KFD from other entities. Electronic medical rec...

May 17th, 2022 - Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV) is the causative agent of infectious mononucleosis and has been associated with a variety of malignancies. In vivo, EBV infects B cells and epithelial cells. However, the current EBV neutralization assays, especially those...

Apr 26th, 2022 - Infectious mononucleosis - should we routinely assess liver function in acute presentation and follow up?|2022|Simpson L,Sutherland E,Wilkinson D,Saman R,Edafe O,|

Apr 18th, 2022 - HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus, a pathogen that works by attacking the human immune system. It belongs to a class of viruses called retroviruses and more specifically, a subgroup called lentiviruses, or viruses that cause disease slow...

Jun 23rd, 2022 - Post-Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders (PTLD) are defined by the revised 2017 edition of the WHO Classification of Tumours of Haematopoietic and Lymphoid Tissues as "lymphoid or plasmacytic proliferations that develop as a consequence of im...

Apr 18th, 2022 - HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus, a pathogen that works by attacking the human immune system. It belongs to a class of viruses called retroviruses and more specifically, a subgroup called lentiviruses, or viruses that cause disease slow...

Apr 12th, 2022 - Herpes viruses such as Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and cytomegalovirus (CMV) cause considerable morbidity and mortality post-kidney transplant. Even subclinical CMV and/or EBV viremia have been associated with deterioration in kidney transplant funct...

Mar 25th, 2022 - Systemic lupus is a disabling disease of the young woman, whose treatment is based on the long-term corticosteroid, anti-malarials and immunosuppressants synthesis. This support is not without potential side effects. EBV is a herpes causes infecti...

Mar 23rd, 2022 - Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) belongs to herpesviridae family, which infects more than 90% of the population. EBV infection is usually asymptomatic and establishes lifelong persistence in the host, although primary infection later than adolescence freq...

Mar 17th, 2022 - This transcript has been edited for clarity. Hello. I'm Paul Auwaerter with Medscape Infectious Diseases, speaking from the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. There have been two recent papers that have brought Epstein-Barr virus, otherw...

Sep 9th, 2021 - Introduction Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a herpes virus that commonly causes infectious mononucleosis (IM) and linked to different hematological conditions. Here we present a case of EBV-triggered Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome (HUS) with pulmonary inv.

Aug 24th, 2020 - Editor's note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape's Coronavirus Resource Center. The persistence of long-term symptoms in some individuals with COVID-19 illness has opened up a new line of research into the mechanisms underlyin...

Nov 5th, 2019 - Comment Prevalence and Presentation Epstein-Barr virus is a ubiquitous γ-herpesvirus with tropism for B cells, affecting more than 90% of the adult population worldwide. In addition to infecting B cells, EBV is capable of infecting T and NK cells,.

Oct 25th, 2019 - STOCKHOLM – Early adolescence may be a period of heightened susceptibility to future development of multiple sclerosis (MS) resulting from exposure to pneumonia and other forms of lung inflammation, Scott Montgomery, PhD, said at the annual congre.