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General data, clinical features, and laboratory information were collected.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>\n                      Two hundred patients were enrolled, among them 49.5% were children, and 50.5% were adults. The results indicated that adults had longer fever duration (9 vs. 7\u2009days) and hospitalization days (8 vs. 7\u2009days), a higher proportion of splenomegaly (76.24% vs. 46.46%) and hepatic injury (99.01% vs. 67.68%) (all\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.05). Significant differences were observed between the two groups in the level of ALT (368 vs. 90\u2009U\/L) and AST (227 vs. 68\u2009U\/L) (all\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&lt;\u20090.05). No significant difference was observed between groups regarding gender, maximum temperature, sore throat, decreased appetite, tonsils covered with white membrane, hepatomegaly, hilar lymphadenopathy, leukocytes count, lymphocytes count, CRP, procalcitonin, albumin, EBV\u2010DNA, short lymph node diameter, CD4+ T cells, and CD8+ T cells (all\n                      <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\n                      \u2009&gt;\u20090.05).\n                    <\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Both adults and children typically present with the classic triad of IM. However, adults are more prone to prolonged fever, more prominent lymphadenopathy, and an increased incidence of splenomegaly. Hepatic injury is a common complication of IM, occurring with higher incidence and greater severity in adults compared to children; adults more frequently present with concurrent cholestasis and have a predisposition to developing severe liver injury.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1002\/jgh3.70382","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,24]],"date-time":"2026-03-24T10:53:26Z","timestamp":1774349606000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["The Difference in Clinical Features and Hepatic Injury Characteristics Between Children and Adults With Infectious Mononucleosis"],"prefix":"10.1002","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-2308-0096","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ruiyun","family":"Sun","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Infectious Diseases, Beijing Youan Hospital Capital Medical University  Beijing China"},{"name":"Department of Chinese Medicine, Beijing Children's Hospital, National Center for Children's Health Capital Medical University  Beijing China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xiaoqian","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chinese Medicine, Beijing Children's Hospital, National Center for Children's Health Capital Medical University  Beijing China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Junyan","family":"Qiao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chinese Medicine Haidian District Maternal and Child Health Care Hospital  Beijing China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xin","family":"Nan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Infectious Diseases, Beijing Youan Hospital Capital Medical University  Beijing China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Chang","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chinese Medicine, Beijing Children's Hospital, National Center for Children's Health Capital Medical University  Beijing China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yan","family":"Yang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Chinese Medicine, Beijing Children's Hospital, National Center for Children's Health Capital Medical University  Beijing China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Danlei","family":"Mou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Infectious Diseases, Beijing Youan Hospital Capital Medical University  Beijing China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,3,24]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_11_2_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1080\/09674845.2021.1903683"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_3_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1186\/s12879-018-3488-8"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_4_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjopen-2020-037473"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_5_1","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.3389\/fped.2021.809005"},{"key":"e_1_2_11_6_1","first-page":"216","article-title":"Clinical Manifestations and Quantitative Analysis of Virus Load in Taiwanese Children With Epstein\u2010Barr Virus\u2010Associated Infectious Mononucleosis","volume":"40","author":"Cheng C. 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