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Neonatal erythema infectiosum
Author(s) -
MINOWA HIDEKI,
NISHIKUBO TOSHIYA,
UCHIDA YUMIKO,
NOGAMI KEIJI,
YAMASHITA CHIKAKO,
KAMITSUJU HIDEKAZU,
TAKAHASHI YUKIHIRO,
YOSHIOKA AKIRA
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
pediatrics international
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.49
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1442-200X
pISSN - 1328-8067
DOI - 10.1111/j.1442-200x.1998.tb01411.x
Subject(s) - medicine , erythema infectiosum , transplacental , exanthem , parvovirus , erythema , transmission (telecommunications) , dermatology , fetus , immunology , pregnancy , virology , virus , parvoviridae , biology , placenta , electrical engineering , genetics , engineering
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.