Open AccessPERSISTENT PARVOVIRUS-ASSOCIATED CHRONIC FATIGUE TREATED WITH HIGH DOSE INTRAVENOUS IMMUNOGLOBULIN
Author(s) -
Sean McGhee,
Benjamin Kaska,
Myron Liebhaber,
E. Richard Stiehm
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
the pediatric infectious disease journal/the pediatric infectious disease journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.028
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1532-0987
pISSN - 0891-3668
DOI - 10.1097/01.inf.0000155194.66797.20
Subject(s) - viremia , parvovirus , rash , medicine , antibody , immunology , immunoglobulin g , virology , virus
We report a 16-year-old boy with no evidence of immunodeficiency who had a 2-year history of chronic fatigue, low grade fever and slapped-cheek rash associated with chronic parvovirus B19 viremia. Prolonged intravenous immunoglobulin therapy resulted in resolution of his symptoms and viremia. Intravenous immunoglobulin may be useful in the resolution of parvovirus viremia regardless of immune status.