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Provedor de dados: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
País: | Brazil
Título: | Two family members with a syndrome of headache and rash caused by human parvovirus B19
Autores: | Pereira,Antonio Carlos M.; Barros,Roberto Alexandre Q.; Nascimento,Jussara Pereira do; Oliveira,Solange Artimos de.
Data: | 2001-02-01
Ano: | 2001
Palavras-chave: | Human parvovirus B19; Aseptic meningitis; Erythema infectiosum.
Resumo: | Human parvovirus B19 infection can cause erythema infectiosum (EI) and several other clinical presentations. Central nervous system (CNS) involvement is rare, and only a few reports of encephalitis and aseptic meningitis have been published. Here, we describe 2 cases of B19 infection in a family presenting different clinical features. A 30 year old female with a 7-day history of headache, malaise, myalgias, joint pains, and rash was seen. Physical examination revealed a maculopapular rash on the patient's body, and arthritis of the hands. She completely recovered in 1 week. Two days before, her 6 year old son had been admitted to a clinic with a 1-day history of fever, headache, abdominal pain and vomiting. On admission, he was alert, and physical examination revealed neck stiffness, Kerning and Brudzinski signs, and a petechial rash on his trunk and extremities. Cerebrospinal fluid analysis was normal. He completely recovered in 5 days. Acute and convalescent sera of both patients were positive for specific IgM antibody to B19. Human parvovirus B19 should be considered in the differential diagnosis of aseptic meningitis, particularly during outbreaks of erythema infectiosum. The disease may mimic meningococcemia and bacterial meningitis.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/report
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702001000100006
Editor: | Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
Relação: | 10.1590/S1413-86702001000100006
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases  v.5 n.1 2001
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess