Acute lung injury due to parvovirus pneumonia

Authors: Wardeh¹; Marik²

Source: Journal of Internal Medicine, Volume 244, Number 3, September 1998 , pp. 257-260(4)

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Abstract:

Wardeh A, Marik P, (Department of Critical Care, St. Vincent Hospital, Massachusetts, USA and the University of Massachusetts and Medical Intensive Care Unit St. Vincent Hospital, Massachusetts, USA). Acute lung injury due to parvovirus pneumonia (Case Report). J Intern Med 1998; 244: 257-60. Objective

Human parvovirus B19 is responsible for the common childhood exanthematous illness, erythema infectiosum. Adults infected with B19 have been reported to develop a febrile illness associated with arthritis. Life threatening parvovirus infections in non-immunocompromised adults have not been reported to date. We report a previously healthy middle aged female who developed severe parvovirus pneumonia. The patient recovered with supportive care provided in the ICU. Parvovirus may represent an under diagnosed cause of community acquired pneumonia.

Keywords: bronchioalveolar lavage; non-immunocompromised; parvovirus B19 pneumonia; polymerase chain reaction

Document Type: Original article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2796.1998.00364.x

Affiliations: 1: Department of Critical Care, St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA and the , 2: University of Massachusetts and Medical Intensive Care Unit St. Vincent Hospital Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Publication date: 1998-09-01