Adult Reye-like syndrome associated with serologic evidence of acute parvovirus B19 infection

Reye's syndrome is an infrequently diagnosed medical condition affecting mainly children. The etiology, epidemiology and natural history of Reye's syndrome have been cloudily written in footnotes of medical books and exotic papers since the initial description in early 1950s. We report her...

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Published inThe Brazilian journal of infectious diseases Vol. 15; no. 5; pp. 482 - 483
Main Authors da Costa, Paulo Sérgio Gonçalves, Ribeiro, Geyza Machado, Vale, Thiago Cardoso, Casali, Thaís Gomes, Barbosa Leite, Flávio José
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Brazil Elsevier Editora Ltda 01.09.2011
Elsevier
Subjects
Acute Disease
Fatal Outcome
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Parvoviridae Infections - complications
Parvoviridae Infections - diagnosis
Parvovirus B19, Human - immunology
parvovirus B19, human adult
Reye Syndrome - diagnosis
Reye Syndrome - virology
Reye's syndrome
Reye's syndrome
parvovirus B19, human adult
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Summary:Reye's syndrome is an infrequently diagnosed medical condition affecting mainly children. The etiology, epidemiology and natural history of Reye's syndrome have been cloudily written in footnotes of medical books and exotic papers since the initial description in early 1950s. We report here a case of adult Reye's syndrome associated with serologic evidence of parvovirus B19 infection.
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ISSN:1413-8670
1678-4391
DOI:10.1016/S1413-8670(11)70232-X