Atypical lymphocytes in throat exudate of patients with infectious mononucleosis
| Autor: | Thomas F. Paine |
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| Rok vydání: | 1961 |
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Exudate
Pathology medicine.medical_specialty Atypical Lymphocyte Inflamed throats Mononucleosis business.industry Diphtheria General Medicine medicine.disease PHARYNGEAL EXUDATE medicine.anatomical_structure Tonsillar exudate Throat Immunology medicine Humans Pharynx Infectious Mononucleosis Lymphocytes medicine.symptom business Neck |
| Zdroj: | The New England journal of medicine. 264 |
| ISSN: | 0028-4793 |
| Popis: | SEVERAL years ago I was surprised to see what appeared to be atypical lymphocytes in a Gram-stained smear of the tonsillar exudate of a young man who was severely ill with infectious mononucleosis. Examination of a Wright-stained smear of the exudate confirmed the presence of atypical lymphocytes. Since then I have examined routinely Wright-stained smears of the exudate from inflamed throats of persons suffering from infectious mononucleosis, and in every case in which pharyngeal exudate was present atypical lymphocytes were easily seen. Atypical lymphocytes have not been seen in the exudates from throats of patients with Vincent's angina, diphtheria or . . . |
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