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Two standard tests for infectious mononucleosis (the Davidsohn differential and the ox cell hemolysin test) and ten slide tests; Monotest (Wampole), Monospot (Ortho), IM Kit (Micro. Res. Corp.) Monosticon (Organon), Diagluto IM (Beckman), Monosticon Dri-Dot (Organon), Bacto-Hetrol (Difco), Mono-Diff (Wampole), Monophile (Bio-Diagnostic Systems) and Rythrotox (BMC) were evaluated as they were used in 50 laboratories within the State of Utah and by two referee laboratories outside the state. The state proficiency testing program for infectious mononucleosis was modified so that the desired evaluation survey data could be obtained. Sensitivity, specificity, reproducibility (within and between shipments) and percent agreement with target results were determined for each test; factors which might have affected the test results were evaluated to determine which were correlated with good performance.
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PMID:Evaluation of tests for infectious mononucleosis through proficiency testing. 126 11

We present a paediatric case of infectious mononucleosis in a 13-year old, manifesting with follicular conjunctivitis and a conjunctival mass in one eye with no evidence of leucocytosis on the blood count. The diagnosis was confirmed following surgical excision and biopsy. The case represented a diagnostic challenge due to its atypism and given the steady increase in the prevalence of EBV-related ocular diseases in the last years, this report can serve as an example to prompt earlier serological tests to identify the aetiology in similar cases. This is important because EBV can be treated with acyclovir early in the active viral phase.
BMC Ophthalmol 2015 Oct 07
PMID:Case report: a diagnostically challenging conjunctival mass caused by the Epstein-Barr virus. 2644 43