Meningoencephalitis with Persistent Parvovirus B19 Infection in an Apparently Healthy Woman

Overview

Journal Clin Infect Dis

Publisher Oxford University Press

Specialty Infectious Diseases

Date 2008 Jun 19

PMID 18558883

Citations 8

Authors

Francesca Bonvicini

Ginevra Marinacci

Maria Chiara Pajno

Giorgio Gallinella

Monica Musiani

Marialuisa Zerbini

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Abstract

A case of meningoencephalitis, associated with persistent parvovirus B19 infection, is described in a 36-year-old immunocompetent woman. Parvovirus B19 DNA was detected in samples of cerebrospinal fluid and serum; no parvovirus B19-specific clinical symptoms were seen, but neurological episodes were observed in the presence of parvovirus B19 infection and despite the onset of a specific immune response.

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