[Obstructive respiratory tract diseases in children and Parvovirus B19 infections].
Acute respiratory diseases (ARD) due to parvovirus B 19 infection can be observed relative frequently in children. In 21 children (infants, toddlers and school children) we have seen acute or prolonged obstructive bronchitis/bronchiolitis (15 infants), acute subglottic laryngitis (3 toddlers) and acute asthmatic attacks (3 children of school age) in connection with parvovirus B 19 infection. Other respiratory viruses (adeno-, influenza, parainfluenza and RS-virus) could be excluded as agents causing the ARD. We suggest that parvovirus B 19 can provoke ARD with obstructive ventilatory disturbances of the upper or lower airways in children with a specific endogenous predisposition (small or unstable bronchial walls, or bronchial or tracheal mucosal hyperreactivity).
Wiersbitzky
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Klinik für Kindermedizin, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald.
Schwarz
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Bruns
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Ballke
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Wiersbitzky
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Jäger
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Hottenträger
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Roggendorf
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Deinhardt
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D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001249:Asthma / Q000382:microbiology; D001990:Bronchiolitis, Viral / Q000382:microbiology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D016731:Erythema Infectiosum / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007827:Laryngitis / Q000382:microbiology; D016732:Parvovirus B19, Human / Q000276:immunology*; D012141:Respiratory Tract Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000382:microbiology*
D000914:Antibodies, Viral
Obstruktive Respirationstrakterkrankungen bei Kindern und Parvovirus B19-Infektion.