Immunological alterations in infectious mononucleosis due to Epstein Barr virus, causing neurological manifestations in a 23-year-old woman

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Published: Mar 31, 1986
Issue: Vol. 17 No. 1 (1986)
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  Carlos Hernán Quintero Asociado de Investigación en Entrenamiento, Centro Internacional de Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM). Apartado Aéreo 5390, Cali, Colombia
  Liliana Valderrama de Velasco Asistente de Investigación, Centro Internacional de Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM). Apartado Aéreo 5390, Cali, Colombia.
Abstract

A case of infectious mononucleosis was studied clinically and immunologically in a 23-year-old woman with a history of prostitution who presented with the neurologic manifestations of bilateral papilledema, meningismus, Babinski's reflex, and bilateral clonus. These clinical manifestations were associated with serologically confirmed Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection and alterations in cellular immune function.

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Carlos Hernán Quintero, Asociado de Investigación en Entrenamiento, Centro Internacional de Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM). Apartado Aéreo 5390, Cali, Colombia

Asociado de Investigación en Entrenamiento, Centro Internacional de Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM). Apartado Aéreo 5390, Cali, Colombia

Liliana Valderrama de Velasco, Asistente de Investigación, Centro Internacional de Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM). Apartado Aéreo 5390, Cali, Colombia.

Asistente de Investigación, Centro Internacional de Investigaciones Médicas (CIDEIM). Apartado Aéreo 5390, Cali, Colombia.

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Carlos Hernán Quintero, & Liliana Valderrama de Velasco. (1986). Immunological alterations in infectious mononucleosis due to Epstein Barr virus, causing neurological manifestations in a 23-year-old woman. Colombia Medica, 17(1), 35–39. https://doi.org/10.25100/cm.v17i1.6076
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