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Infectious mononucleosis is an acute infectious disease occurring predominantly in
older children and young adults due to primary Epstein-Barr virus infection.
The clinical picture is extremely variable in both severity and duration. The disease in
children is generally mild. It is characterized clinically by fever, exudative or membranous
pharyngitis, generalized lymphadenopathy, and splenomegaly. Rarely, it complicates
neurologic involvement such as cranial nerve palsy, meningoencephalitis, and... |