title: Pure red cell aplasia in a simultaneous pancreas-kidney transplantation patient: inside the erythroblast.
abstract: A case of pure red cell aplasia in a simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplant recipient on immunosuppressive therapy is reported here. The patient presented with anemia unresponsive to erythropoietin treatment. Bone marrow cytomorphology was highly suggestive of parvovirus pure red cell aplasia, which was confirmed with serology and polymerase chain reaction positive for parvovirus B19 DNA in peripheral blood. After the administration of intravenous immunoglobulin the anemia improved with a rising number of the reticulocytes.
authors.affiliation: Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain.
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Labbadia
authors.forename: Eduardo
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Salido-Fierréz
authors.forename: Juliana
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Majado-Martinez
authors.forename: Valentin
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Cabañas-Perianes
authors.forename: Jiménez José M
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Moraleda
keywords: PVB19.; pure red cell aplasia; transplantation