JUNIPER PUBLISHERS-Academic Journal of Pediatrics & Neonatology
Encephalitis in Course of Mononucleosis- A Case Report
Authored by Józefczuk Jan*
Mononucleosis is an acute, contagious
viral disease characterized by hyperthermia, enlarged tonsils and surrounding
lymphoid tissue and hepatosplenomegaly. We present a case of 17-year-old boy
with a typical mononucleosis and a rare complication in the form of
oligosymptomatic encephalitis. Rapid and accurate diagnosis, and immediate
treatment including acyclovir and other drugs, resulted in full recovery. Epstein-Barr
virus (EBV) is a virus belonging to the herpes genus (along with other,
including herpes simplex and cytomegalowirus). It is one of the most common
viruses in the human organism. In majority of people infection with the virus
is asymptomatic. The virus is named after Michael Epstein and Yvonne Barr, who
discovered it in 1964. Epstein-Barr virus is able to cause infectious
mononucleosis. The disease develops if the first contact with the virus takes
place during the puberty period or later. Epstein-Baar virus infection causing
infectious mononucleosis rarely leads to encephalitis. Encephalitis is an
inflammatory condition of cerebral tissues resulting from a direct infection of
the brain and/or as a result of immunological reactions leading to dysfunction
of the central nervous system.
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