Severe multiorgan failure after parvovirus B19 infection in an allogeneic stem cell transplant recipient
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Parvovirus B19 Infection and Severe Anemia in Renal Transplant Recipients
Kidney transplant (KT) recipients can develop symptomatic Parvovirus (PV) B19 infections, frequently associated with persistent anemia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence and clinical significance of PV B19 infection in anemic and non-anemic KT patients. Overall, out of 64 patients monitored for the presence of PV B19 by real-time PCR, 2 (3.12%) had an active PV B19 infection,...
متن کاملChronic parvovirus B19 infection-associated pure red cell anaemia in a kidney transplant recipient.
Transplant recipients are known to be susceptible to primary viral infections or to reactivation of a persistent virus. Most of the clinically relevant infections are caused by the herpes-viridae group (CMV, EBV, VZV, HSV I and II). Human parvovirus B19 was first discovered 1975 in human packed blood [1] and subsequently shown to cause fifth disease or erythema infectiosum in children [2]. The ...
متن کاملInvestigation of Epstein-Barr Virus and Parvovirus B19 DNA in Allogeneic Stem Cell Transplant Patients
OBJECTIVE We aimed to investigate posttransplant Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) and parvovirus B19 DNA in allogeneic stem cell transplant patients between 2009 and 2010. MATERIALS AND METHODS Forty-five adult patients in whom allogeneic stem cell transplantation was performed between April 2009 and November 2010 in the Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Divisio...
متن کاملParvovirus B19 infection in pediatric transplant patients.
Evidence of recent parvovirus virus infection (as determined by the presence of a positive IgM antibody titer) without other identified causes of anemia was found in 5 of 26 pediatric solid-organ transplant recipients evaluated for moderate-to-severe anemia between June 1990 and July 1991. Anemia tended to be chronic (median duration of anemia at the time of diagnosis was 12 weeks) and was asso...
متن کاملEngraftment Failure Associated With Peripheral Blood Stem Cell Transplantation After B19 Parvovirus Infection
To the Editor: serum from blood-bank donors and since then has been associated with several human illnesses. Generally, B19 causes a self-limited Human parvovirus B 19 is a small single-stranded DNA virus of illness with improvement in a few weeks without sequelae. However, the family Parvoviridae. B 19 is the only parvovirus known to cause in several groups, the infection can produce life-thre...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Bone Marrow Transplantation
سال: 2004
ISSN: 0268-3369,1476-5365
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bmt.1704612