title: Parvovirus B19 infection as a cause of acute myositis in an adult.
abstract: Parvovirus B19 infection is often asymptomatic, but clinical expressions may include transient aplastic crisis, erythema infectiosum, non-immune hydrops fetalis, and chronic red cell aplasia. This virus has also been associated with rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune connective tissue diseases; however, we could not identify any acute adult myositis case developed after a Parvovirus B19 infection in the literature. For this reason, we would like to present a rare case of acute myositis developed after Parvovirus B19 infection. In patients presenting with symptoms of fever, rash on the legs and myositis, viral infections such as Parvovirus B19 should be kept in mind.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Interna, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Bezmialem Vakif, Istambul, Turquia.
authors.forename: Mustafa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cakirca
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Interna, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Bezmialem Vakif, Istambul, Turquia.
authors.forename: Cumali
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Karatoprak
authors.affiliation: Divisão de Reumatologia, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Faculdade de Medicina Cerrahpasa, Universidade de Istambul, Istambul, Turquia. Electronic address: serdalugurlu@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Serdal
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ugurlu
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Interna, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Bezmialem Vakif, Istambul, Turquia.
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zorlu
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Medicina Interna, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Bezmialem Vakif, Istambul, Turquia.
authors.forename: Muharrem
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kıskaç
authors.affiliation: Divisão de Hematologia, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade Bezmialem Vakif, Istambul, Turquia.
authors.forename: Güven
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Çetin
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D016731:Erythema Infectiosum; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009220:Myositis / Q000821:virology*
keywords: Acute adult myositis; Febre; Fever; Miosite aguda do adulto; Parvovirus B19; Parvovírus B19