my mother (69) just tested positvie for mono for the 2nd time in 13 months. she hasn't kissed anyone in many years why? . she was so weak and tired last year i thought we were going to loose her. she has been back to her normal self for about 4 months until two weeks ago when she tested positive for strep and an ear infection. she has been on antibotics for 2 weeks and asked the dr to test her again for mono and the test came back positive. . she hasn't kissed anyone in many years. could something else be causing a false positive. are there any other tests she should ask for to rule out something they are missing.
the positive test may just be a relapse from her previous mono infection. she may need to have an ebv titer -- a more sensitive mono test that will determine if this is a new infection. you don't have to kiss anyone to get mono. it can just happen from being around humans who have it.