Still's Disease, Severe Thrombocytopenia, and Acute Hepatitis Associated with Acute Parvovirus B19 Infection

• Published in: Clinical infectious diseases Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. 994 - 995
• Main Authors: Longo, G., Luppi, M., Bertesi, M., Ferrara, L., Torelli, G., Emilia, G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago, IL The University of Chicago Press 01.04.1998; University of Chicago Press
• Subjects: Acute Disease; Adult; Antibodies; Biological and medical sciences; Bone marrow; Bone marrow examination; Brief Reports; Diseases of the osteoarticular system; Hepatitis; Hepatitis, Viral, Human - immunology; Hepatitis, Viral, Human - physiopathology; Hepatitis, Viral, Human - virology; Human parvovirus B19; Humans; Infections; Inflammatory joint diseases; Male; Medical sciences; Parvoviridae Infections - complications; Parvoviridae Infections - immunology; Parvoviridae Infections - physiopathology; Parvoviridae Infections - virology; Parvovirus; Parvovirus B19, Human - genetics; Parvovirus B19, Human - immunology; Platelets; Serology; Severity of Illness Index; Still's Disease, Adult-Onset - immunology; Still's Disease, Adult-Onset - physiopathology; Still's Disease, Adult-Onset - virology; Thrombocytopenia; Thrombocytopenia - immunology; Thrombocytopenia - physiopathology; Thrombocytopenia - virology; Human; Thrombocytopenia; Still disease; Pathogenesis; Acute; Hepatic disease; Male; Hemopathy; Erythrovirus; Virus B19; Virus; Case study; Infection; Hepatitis; Platelet; Association; Parvoviridae; Viral disease; Digestive diseases; Parvovirinae
• ISSN: 1058-4838; 1537-6591
• DOI: 10.1086/517644

The pathogenetic role of human parvovirus B19 infection in clinical conditions other than erythema infectiosum or aplastic crisis is often underestimated. We describe a patient with an unusual combination of clinical manifestations associated with primary acute B19 infection.