Infectious Mononucleosis Presenting with Loss of Taste and Smell During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic?
  • Krishna Nareshkumar Patel
    Barnsley District General Hospital, Barnsley, UK
  • Muhammad Hussein
    Barnsley District General Hospital, Barnsley, UK
  • Amir Khalil
    Barnsley District General Hospital, Barnsley, UK
  • Najeeb Rehman
    Barnsley District General Hospital, Barnsley, UK
  • Hazim Mahdi
    Barnsley District General Hospital, Barnsley, UK
  • Muhammad Jamil Malik
    Barnsley District General Hospital, Barnsley, UK
  • Salim P L Meghjee
    Barnsley District General Hospital, Barnsley, UK

Keywords

Infectious mononucleosis, taste, smell, SARS-CoV-2

Abstract

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.

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    Published: 2020-11-26
    Issue: 2020: Vol 7 No 12 (view)

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    Patel KN, Hussein M, Khalil A, Rehman N, Mahdi H, Malik MJ, Meghjee SPL. Infectious Mononucleosis Presenting with Loss of Taste and Smell During the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic?. EJCRIM 2020;7 doi:10.12890/2020_002048.