Emerging lupus-like manifestations in acute parvovirus B19 infection.
We encountered an adult patient with acute parvovirus B19 infection who presented with transient lupus-like symptoms (i.e., polyarthritis, fever, myalgia, pancytopenia, hypocomplementemia, and nephritis). Our case is characterized by the demonstration of acute nephritis as a complication of this infection, making it difficult to distinguish between a viral infection and the first episode of systemic lupus erythematosus.
Sugimoto
Toshiro
T
Department of Internal Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Seta, Otsu, Shiga, 520-2192, Japan. toshiro@belle.shiga-med.ac.jp
Tsuda
Atsuko
A
Uzu
Takashi
T
Kashiwagi
Atsunori
A
D000082:Acetaminophen / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000914:Antibodies, Viral / Q000032:analysis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology; D009393:Nephritis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000821:virology; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D016732:Parvovirus B19, Human / Q000276:immunology / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D018712:Analgesics, Non-Narcotic; D000914:Antibodies, Viral; D000082:Acetaminophen