Fetal infection with human parvovirus B19.
The case of premature infant with nonimmune hydrops secondary to human parvovirus B19 infection is presented. The infection was not suspected clinically. The fetal autopsy showed intranuclear inclusions in erythroid cells that stained positively with a DNA hybridization probe for B19 parvovirus.
Franciosi
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Department of Pathology, Minneapolis Children's Medical Center, Minnesota 55404.
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D004487:Edema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D004899:Erythroblastosis, Fetal / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D005315:Fetal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D011247:Pregnancy