title: Parvovirus b19 infection associated with acute hepatitis, arthralgias, and rash.
abstract: Human parvovirus B19 is responsible for a wide variety of clinical syndromes, including erythema infectiosum, or fifth disease, polyarthritis, aplastic crisis in patients with hemolytic anemia, and chronic anemia in immunocompromised persons. Liver enzyme abnormalities are an infrequently reported association of parvovirus B19 infection in adults. We present a case of an acute transient hepatitis in the setting of parvovirus B19 infection, associated with arthralgias and an erythematous, edematous rash on the hands and leg.
authors.affiliation: Department of Dermatology (J.M.W., J.T.W., V.P.W., E.M.S.) and Department of Pathology (A.L.F.), University of Pennsylvania; Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, University of Iowa and the Iowa City Veterans Affairs Medical Center (S.J.N.).
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Weinberg
authors.forename: J T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Wolfe
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Frattali
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Werth
authors.forename: S J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Naides
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Spiers