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How common are secondary bacterial infections or sepsis with a mono infection?

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Dr. William Walsh answered

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Not quantified: Secondary bacterial infections are common enough to make most of the lists of complications of ebv that leads to infectious mononucleosis, but i could not find that a case rate had been published at this time (i.e. A percentage of cases that develop secondary infections). The illness does cause relative immune compromise through splenic inflammation and neutropenia in some cases.

Answered 12/25/2018

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Rare: But not unheard of. Group a strep is at the top.

Answered 12/10/2012

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