Clinical Analysis of Infectious Mononucleosis / 대한이비인후과학회지

Infectious mononucleosis is most commonly caused by Epstein-Barr virus(EBV) and is a self-limited but occasionally life-threatening. Its peculiar characteristics are sore throat, cervical lymphadenopathy and hepatosplenomegaly. Recently, the age of primary EBV infection is becoming late in Korea due to socioeconomic development. So the authors retrospectively reviewed the cases of infectious mononucleosis. The results of clinical and laboratory findings suggest that infectious mononucleosis should be considered as a cause of pharyngotonsillitis and the assessment of viral capsid antigen(VCA) IgM is necessary for the diagnosis of this disease.