Internal Medicine
Online ISSN : 1349-7235
Print ISSN : 0918-2918
ISSN-L : 0918-2918
CASE REPORTS
Epstein-Barr Virus-Induced Infectious Mononucleosis after Two Separate Episodes of Virus-Associated Hemophagocytic Syndrome
Tatsuharu OhnoYo UedaWataru KishimotoKazue Arimoto-MiyamotoTomoharu TakeokaMasaaki Tsuji
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2009 Volume 48 Issue 13 Pages 1169-1173

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A 24-year-old man, who had suffered previous two episodes of non- Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-associated hemophagocytic syndrome (HPS) at the ages of 16 and 18, developed EBV-induced infectious mononucleosis. His antibody pattern to EBV highlighted the initial infection. The disease took a self-limited course without developing into HPS. No reactivation of EBV infection was noted over the following 6 years. The patient may have attained immune competency in adulthood, which was somehow impaired during his adolescence.

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