A total of 26 patients showing a sore throat, fever, pseudomembrane on the tonsils and/or epipharynx and lymph node swellings in the posterior cervical chains have been examined with the suspicion of having infectious mononeucleosis.
The results of the examination revealed 6 cases of infectious mononucleosis with an elevation of Epstein-Barr virus titer, 6 of suspected infectious mononucleosis with either a decrease of EB virus titer or the titer unexamined, 11 inconclusive cases, 2 cases of acute bacterial tonsillitis and a case of an infectious mononucleosis like disease with an elevation of adeno virus titer. This study indicates that a combination of symptoms of acute tonsillitis, pseudomembrane and swelling of the posterior cervical lymph nodes is highly suggestive of infectious mononucleosis.
