[Abstract] Objective?To analyze the clinical features of infectious mononucleosis (IM) in children and the risk factors for concomitant liver damage, and to provide important basis for early clinical diagnosis and treatment. Methods?Eighty-six children with IM who were treated in our hospital between January 2015 and December 2020 were selected as the study subjects, and demographic characteristics such as gender and age, the clinical data such as onset season, clinical manifestations and laboratory examination results were retrospectively collected and analyzed. According to the level of ALT, the children with IM were divided into the liver damage group (ALT>40 U/L, 46 cases) and the non-liver damage group (ALT≤40 U/L, 40 cases). The risk factors affecting IM with liver damage in children were evaluated. Results?Among 86 children with IM, the number of males was slightly more than the number of females (55.81% vs. 44.19%). The age of onset was mostly 3-7 years old (52.33%), and the seasons of onset were mostly autumn (31.40%) and spring (26.74%). The clinical manifestations were mainly fever (95.35%), cervical lymphadenectasis (91.86%), and angina (63.95%). There were 36 cases (41.86%) of leukocytosis, 27 cases (31.40%) of increased atypical lymphocytes, 7 cases (8.14%) of thrombocytopenia, 39 cases (45.35%) of elevated CRP, 11 cases (12.79%) of elevated CK-MB, 46 cases (53.49%) of elevated ALT, 44 cases (51.16%) of elevated AST and 37 cases (43.02%) of EBV DNA ranging from 5.00×104 copies/ml to 500.00×104 copies/ml. Heat duration>7 d, leukocytosis and EBV DNA>500.00×104 copies/ml were all risk factors affecting IM with liver damage (P<0.05). Conclusions?Autumn and spring are the high-onset seasons of IM in children, and preschool age is the high-onset age, and fever, cervical lymphadenopathy and angina are the main clinical manifestations. Children with IM are often accompanied by a variety of laboratory examination abnormalities. IM children with long heat duration, leukocytosis and large EBV DNA loads should be alert to liver damage, which should be paid attention to in clinical practice. |