title: [Obstructive respiratory tract diseases in children and Parvovirus B19 infections].
abstract: 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).
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Kindermedizin, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt-Universität Greifswald.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wiersbitzky
authors.forename: T F
authors.initials: TF
authors.lastname: Schwarz
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bruns
authors.forename: E H
authors.initials: EH
authors.lastname: Ballke
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wiersbitzky
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jäger
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Hottenträger
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Roggendorf
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Deinhardt
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D000914:Antibodies, Viral
vernacular_title: Obstruktive Respirationstrakterkrankungen bei Kindern und Parvovirus B19-Infektion.