Meningoencephalitis with persistent parvovirus B19 infection in an apparently healthy woman.
A case of meningoencephalitis, associated with persistent parvovirus B19 infection, is described in a 36-year-old immunocompetent woman. Parvovirus B19 DNA was detected in samples of cerebrospinal fluid and serum; no parvovirus B19-specific clinical symptoms were seen, but neurological episodes were observed in the presence of parvovirus B19 infection and despite the onset of a specific immune response.
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Division of Microbiology, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy.
Francesca
F
Bonvicini
Ginevra
G
Marinacci
Maria Chiara
MC
Pajno
Giorgio
G
Gallinella
Monica
M
Musiani
Marialuisa
M
Zerbini
D000328:Adult; D000740:Anemia / Q000821:virology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008590:Meningoencephalitis / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010292:Paresthesia / Q000821:virology; D010322:Parvoviridae Infections / Q000134:cerebrospinal fluid / Q000175:diagnosis*; D016732:Parvovirus B19, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification*