title: What every pediatrician should know about infectious mononucleosis in adolescents.
abstract: Infectious mononucleosis (IM) is one of the most common diseases occurring during adolescence. Appreciation of IM's varied clinical presentations, its differential diagnosis, and the difficulties involved in making the laboratory diagnosis will enable clinicians to treat teenagers more effectively in their office practices.
authors.affiliation: Division of Infectious Diseases, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, USA.
authors.forename: S M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Hickey
authors.forename: V C
authors.initials: VC
authors.lastname: Strasburger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000910:Antibodies, Heterophile / Q000276:immunology; D000998:Antiviral Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D015673:Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human; D006801:Humans; D007244:Infectious Mononucleosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology; D008297:Male; D010372:Pediatrics
chemical_list: D000910:Antibodies, Heterophile; D000998:Antiviral Agents