title: Acute liver failure and severe hemophagocytosis secondary to parvovirus B19 infection.
abstract: Parvovirus infection presenting as severe hemophagocytosis is extremely rare. We report a 13-year-old girl with acute parvovirus infection who had severe hemophagocytosis resulting in severe pancytopenia and hepatic failure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh 160 012, India. ushad@satyam.net.in
authors.forename: Usha
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.forename: Sahil
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mittal
authors.forename: Radha Kanta
authors.initials: RK
authors.lastname: Ratho
authors.forename: Ashim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Das
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D015616:Histiocytosis, Non-Langerhans-Cell / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D017114:Liver Failure, Acute / Q000209:etiology*; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D016732:Parvovirus B19, Human