Airway obstruction in infectious mononucleosis

Fatal airway obstruction in infectious mononucleosis.

A 20 year old man was brought to the casualty department having collapsed at home. The ambulance crew reported that he had suffered a cardiac arrest and since then had had no spontaneous respiration. He was being hand ventilated on arrival at hospital. On examination there was a good cardiac output but no spontaneous-movements and both pupils were fixed and dilated. Examination of the mouth sho...

Airway compromise in infectious mononucleosis: a case report

A 25-year-old Caucasian man had difficulty swallowing and shortness of breath during an episode of infectious mononucleosis. His tonsils were "kissing" and erythematous but no superimposed infection with a streptococcal organism was identified. His symptoms improved rapidly upon administration of intravenous steroids. This case demonstrates a rare and short-term complication that is well descri...

Glandular fever (infectious mononucleosis).

Glandular Fever: Infectious Mononucleosis

Granulocyte changes in infectious mononucleosis.

Various changes in the granulocytes have been investigated in a large series of patients with infectious mononucleosis. A high proportion of cases regularly show a neutropenia with a shift to the left during the first three to four weeks of the disease; these changes, though transient, may be profound. The band cells present during the acute phase of the disease also show certain alterations in...