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Aseptic meningitis caused by human parvovirus B19
1Department of Pediatrics, Tokai Chuo Hospital, Gifu, Japan.
Archives of Disease in Childhood
|June 1, 1993
Abstract:
Reports on aseptic meningitis caused by human parvovirus B19 are extremely rare. A case of aseptic meningitis is described in which human parvovirus B19 DNA was detected in the acute phase in cerebrospinal fluid by the polymerase chain reaction.
Insights
Aseptic meningitis caused by human parvovirus B19 is rare. This study reports a case where parvovirus B19 DNA was detected in cerebrospinal fluid using polymerase chain reaction.
Area of Science:
- Virology
- Neurology
- Infectious Diseases
Background:
- Aseptic meningitis is an inflammation of the membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord.
- Human parvovirus B19 is a well-known cause of erythema infectiosum (fifth disease) and can cause other clinical manifestations.
- Reports linking human parvovirus B19 to aseptic meningitis are exceptionally infrequent in medical literature.