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Mono Lab Values. In latin american countries there are little information pertaining to the clinical manifestations and complications of this disease. Im is most commonly caused by epstein barr virus ebv. A mono test is frequently ordered along with a complete blood count cbc. Serological testing for epstein barr virus developments in interpretation.
Epstein barr virus infectious mononucleosis in children. But most clinicians would like to confirm their clinical. Infectious mononucleosis im is a viral illness that involves reticuloendothelial tissue and is generally limited to children and young adults. Serological testing for epstein barr virus developments in interpretation. The test is used to detect proteins in the blood called heterophile antibodies that are produced by the immune system in response to an epstein barr virus ebv infection the most common cause of mono. Infectious mononucleosis mono suggests the following may be present.
Epstein barr virus infectious mononucleosis in children.
Most patients with infectious mononucleosis have a benign course of illness and because no therapy exists for epstein barr virus it could be argued that there is little sense in making a laboratory diagnosis in the presence of strong clinical evidence of infection. When mono spot or heterophile test results are negative additional laboratory testing may be needed to differentiate ebv infections from a mononucleosis like illness induced by cytomegalovirus adenovirus or toxoplasma gondii. In latin american countries there are little information pertaining to the clinical manifestations and complications of this disease. Laboratory testing can help distinguish whether someone is susceptible to ebv infection or has a recent or past infection. For this reason the purpose of this work was to describe the clinical and laboratory characteristics of infection by epstein barr virus in mexican children with infectious mononucleosis. Infectious mononucleosis im is a viral illness that involves reticuloendothelial tissue and is generally limited to children and young adults.