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Lupus anticoagulant in a patient with parvovirus B19 infection
A M Johnston1, K Hill, B E Woodcock
1Acute Stroke Unit, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, Scotland. amcdj@bigfoot.com
Clinical and Laboratory Haematology
|May 3, 2000
Abstract:
We report the case of a patient who presented with a prodromal illness suggestive of viral infection, subsequently confirmed as parvovirus B19, who had a lupus anticoagulant present. Her IgG anti-cardiolipin antibody was normal (7.0 units/ml) but her IgM anti-cardiolipin was elevated (55 units/ml). These later returned to normal. Parvovirus B19 infection may be associated with the presence of lupus anticoagulant.