Infectious Mononucleosis

NEW YORK — In this video, C. Buddy Creech, MD, MPH, describes how to treat common infections in young athletes, including mononucleosis, Staphylococcus aureus and herpes simplex virus.

Hematologic parameters appeared to be “more accurate” than symptoms and signs when diagnosing infectious mononucleosis, researchers wrote in the Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine.

Infectious mononucleosis in childhood, especially in adolescence, appeared to increase risk for an MS diagnosis, independent of shared familial factors, according to results of a population-based cohort study published in JAMA Network Open.