KROK 1 2020 – Question 41 · KROK (Medicine) · Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology
A medical student was hospitalized into the infectious diseases unit on the 2nd day after the disease onset. The patient is suspected to have infectious mononucleosis. What results of laboratory analysis can confirm this diagnosis immediately on the day of the hospitalization?
- A. Detection of Cytomegalovirus antibodies
- B. Detection of IgM antibodies to herpes simplex virus
- C. Detection of IgM antibodies to Epstein-Barr virus
- D. Isolation of Herpes simplex virus
- E. Fourfold increase in number of IgG antibodies to Epstein-Barr virus
Hint
Ask which agent causes this syndrome, and which laboratory marker turns positive in the first days of an acute infection rather than weeks later.
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