
Knee & Sports | Infectious Diseases in Athletes
The Orthobullets Podcast
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Infectious Mono Nucleosis and Athletic Participation
A 19 year old football player is taken off the field because of fatigue. Physical exam shows unilateral exidato farangitis, where the left honsel is covered by a white exidate slash, pseudo membrane. Posterior cervical glands are palpable. A mouse is palpable in the left upper quadrant. The correct answer to this question is three, he can return to play three weeks after he is a symptomatic. Return to play should occur three weeks after symptom resolution.
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