differential diagnosis
Last reviewed 01/2021
- the differential diagnosis includes:
- acute human immunodeficiency virus infection (HIV) (1)
- streptococcal tonsillitis
- diphtheria
- when lymphadenopathy is prominent:
- leukaemia
- toxoplasmosis
- cytomegaloviral infection
- when jaundice is the prominent feature:
- infectious hepatitis
- measles
- rubella
Note:
- acute cytomegalovirus (CMV) infection and toxoplasmosis may share many features with infectious mononucleosis (1)
- these include:
- splenomegaly
- hepatomegaly
- lymphocytosis
- atypical lymphocytosis
- false-positive results from a heterophile antibody test
- these include:
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