Open AccessInfectious Mononucleosis Presenting with Loss of Taste and Smell During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic?
Author(s) -
Krishreshkumar Patel,
Muhammad Hussain,
Amir Khalil,
Najeeb Ur Rehman,
Hazim Mahdi,
Muhammad Bilal Malik,
Salim Meghjee
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
european journal of case reports in internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 2284-2594
DOI - 10.12890/2020_002048
Subject(s) - mononucleosis , medicine , myalgia , taste , context (archaeology) , serology , differential diagnosis , pandemic , virus , covid-19 , virology , dermatology , immunology , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , disease , antibody , paleontology , chemistry , food science , biology
A 53-year-old woman presented during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic with an 18-day history of pyrexia, myalgia, progressive dyspnoea and loss of taste and smell after a close contact had tested positive for SARS-CoV-2. In this period two swabs had been negative for SARS-CoV-2. Clinical examination was normal. During this admission a third SARS-CoV-2 swab was negative, and investigations showed mildly elevated inflammatory markers, mildly deranged liver function, atypical lymphocytes on a blood film and a normal chest x-ray. Her Epstein–Barr virus serology was positive and thus the diagnosis was infectious mononucleosis.