A75

Synonym

• Infectious mononucleosis

Inclusions

• glandular fever
• M. Pfeiffer

Criteria

• inflammation of the tonsils/pharynx with lymphadenopathy not confined to the anterior cervical nodes, and either atypical lymphocytes on blood smear or splenomegaly
• or abnormal heterophile antibody titre or Epstein-Barr virus titre

Consider

• fever A03
• enlarged lymph nodes B02
• acute upper respiratory tract infection R74

ICD-10

• B27.0; B27.1; B27.8; B27.9