Open AccessClinical features, pathological findings and outcome of children admitted to a tertiary care paediatric hospital with Epstein-Barr virus infection
Author(s) -
Abu Bakkar Siddique,
Kallol Bose,
Sudip Saha,
Kallol Das,
Chanchal Kumar Kundu,
Sutapa Ganguly,
Piyashi Mondal
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
sri lanka journal of child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.153
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 2386-110X
pISSN - 1391-5452
DOI - 10.4038/sljch.v46i3.8326
Subject(s) - medical journal , sri lanka , medicine , scopus , publishing , tertiary care , family medicine , transparency (behavior) , open access journal , health care , library science , medline , south asia , political science , law , ethnology , computer science , history
Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection most commonly manifests as acute infectious mononucleosis but is usually asymptomatic. Objective: To describe the clinical features, pathological findings and outcome of children admitted to a tertiary care paediatric hospital with EBV infection. Method: The study group included children who were admitted with various presentations of EBV such as dengue like illness, prolonged fever, myocarditis, encephalitis and haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) over the last 3 years. Results: In our study, 16 (45.7%) children had a dengue like illness, 5 (14.3%) had myocarditis, 1 (2.9%) had HLH, 2 (5.7%) had encephalitis and 11 (31.4%) had prolonged fever. Conclusions: Dengue like illness and prolonged fever were the 2 most frequent presentations of EBV infection. Sri Lanka Journal of Child Health , 2017; 46 (3): 243-247
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