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Neonatal erythema infectiosum |
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| Authors: | HIDEKI MINOWA TOSHIYA NISHIKUBO YUMIKO UCHIDA KEIJI NOGAMI CHIKAKO YAMASHITA HIDEKAZU KAMITSUJU YUKIHIRO TAKAHASHI AKIRA YOSHIOKA |
| Institution: | Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. Perinatal Medical Center, Nara Prefectural Hospital, Nara. Japan;Department of Pediatrics. Nara Medical University, Nara. Japan |
| Abstract: | A report is presented of a patient with neonatal erythema infectiosum who developed petechiae, transient thrombocytopenia and transient cardiac failure due to transplacental transmission of human parvovirus B19 (HPV B19) infection. It is suggested that the thrombocytopenia was caused by platelet-associated IgG produced by the patient, and that the cardiac failure may have been caused by direct entry of HPV B19 into the cardiac tissue. |
| Keywords: | cardiac failure erythema infectiosum human parvovirus B19 neonate platelet-associated IgG thrombocytopenia |