Acute Epstein-Barr virus infection: Diagnostic challenge in young children, risk factors for hospitalization and cytomegalovirus co-detection.
Ana Gutiérrez-VélezCristina Castro-RodríguezAna Jové-BlancoDavid Aguilera-AlonsoElena María Rincón-LópezAlicia Hernanz LoboMarisa Navarro GómezTeresa Hernández-SampelayoRoberto Alonso-FernándezJesús Saavedra-LozanoPublished in: Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) (2023)
In this study, younger children with aEBV infection presented more frequently with atypical clinical symptoms, had higher EBV-CMV co-detection rates and were more often hospitalized. Hospitalization was associated with prior antibiotic prescription.