Diagnostic Evaluation of Mononucleosis-Like Illnesses

American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2007, Pages

  Hurt, Christopher ^a   Tammaro, Dominick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute retroviral syndrome; Cytomegalovirus; Epstein Barr virus; Human herpesvirus 6; Human immunodeficiency virus; Infectious mononucleosis; Mononucleosis like illness; Toxoplasmosis

Indexed keywords

ADENOVIRUS; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEVER; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MONONUCLEOSIS; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCREENING TEST; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TOXOPLASMA GONDII; VIRUS INFECTION;

ADENOVIRUS INFECTIONS, HUMAN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ANTIBODIES, HETEROPHILE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTIONS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HERPES SIMPLEX; HERPESVIRUS 1, HUMAN; HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN; HIV INFECTIONS; HIV-1; HUMANS; INFECTIOUS MONONUCLEOSIS; ROSEOLOVIRUS INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TOXOPLASMOSIS;

EID: 34548852572     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2006.12.011     Document Type: Review

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