Parvovirus infection and anaemia in a patient with AIDS: case report.
Opportunistic infections such as Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia are well-recognised in patients with the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Anaemia due to a variety of causes also occurs in AIDS. Persistent infection with parvovirus (B19) causing severe anaemia has been reported in patients with leukaemia and congenital immunodeficiency. A case is now reported of parvovirus infection and anaemia, in an adult with AIDS, which responded dramatically to immunoglobulin therapy.
Mitchell
S A
SA
Department of Genito-Urinary Medicine, St Thomas' Hospital Medical School, London.
Welch
J M
JM
Weston-Smith
S
S
Nicholson
F
F
Bradbeer
C S
CS
D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D000740:Anemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D007116:Immunization, Passive; D008297:Male; D009894:Opportunistic Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy