A Severe Refractory Anaemia and Fever of Unknow Origin: Human Parvovirus B19 Reactivation
  • Joaquín Escobar-Sevilla
    Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
  • Antonio Bustos Merlo
    Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
  • Juan Diego Mediavilla Garcia
    Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain
  • Carmen Garcia Martínez
    Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves, Granada, Spain

Keywords

Human parvovirus B19, pure red cell aplasia, viral reactivation

Abstract

Reactivation of human parvovirus B19 is exceptional and characteristic of immunosuppression, with anaemia being the predominant manifestation although pancytopenia and thrombotic microangiopathy may also occur. We describe a patient with a history of diffuse large B-cell lymphoma with pure erythrocyte aplasia due to reactivation of parvovirus B19, who was treated with corticosteroids and immunoglobulins.

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    Published: 2020-06-25
    Issue: 2020: Vol 7 No 9 (view)

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    Escobar-Sevilla J, Bustos Merlo A, Mediavilla Garcia JD, Garcia Martínez C. A Severe Refractory Anaemia and Fever of Unknow Origin: Human Parvovirus B19 Reactivation. EJCRIM 2020;7 doi:10.12890/2020_001596.