Treatment of Infectious Mononucleosis
Authors: HAROLD R. SCHUMACHER
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1963)

Article1 February 1963Treatment of Infectious MononucleosisHAROLD R. SCHUMACHER, WILLIAM A. JACOBSON, CARL R. BEMILLER, M.D.HAROLD R. SCHUMACHER, WILLIAM A. JACOBSON, CARL R. BEMILLER, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-58-2-217 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe treatment of infectious mononucleosis has been associated with the use of a broad array of drugs. The medications utilized largely paralleled or closely followed the eras in which great strides were made in control and cure of other diseases. Agents such as arsenicals and emetine (1) were tried and found to be of no benefit. Some of the earlier trials of antibiotics appeared to be beneficial (2-5), but other workers (6-9) have concluded that these drugs were ineffective. 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SCHUMACHER; WILLIAM A. JACOBSON; CARL R. BEMILLER, M.D.Affiliations: USN Portsmouth, VirginiaFrom the Department of Medicine, United States Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Virginia.The opinions or assertions contained herein are those of the authors and are not to be construed as official or reflecting the views of the Navy Department or of the Naval Service at large.Requests for reprints should be addressed to H. R. Schumacher, M.D., Jefferson Medical College Hospital, Philadelphia 7, Pennsylvania. 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