title: Neonatal erythema infectiosum.
abstract: A report is presented of a patient with neonatal erythema infectiosum who developed petechiae, transient thrombocytopenia and transient cardiac failure due to transplacental transmission of human parvovirus B19 (HPV B19) infection. It is suggested that the thrombocytopenia was caused by platelet-associated IgG produced by the patient, and that the cardiac failure may have been caused by direct entry of HPV B19 into the cardiac tissue.
authors.affiliation: Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Nara Prefectural Hospital, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Minowa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nishikubo
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nogami
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kamitsuji
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yoshioka
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D016731:Erythema Infectiosum / Q000151:congenital / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000635:transmission*; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000151:congenital / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D018445:Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000503:physiopathology; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000209:etiology