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Bilateral brachial plexus neuritis following parvovirus B19 and cytomegalovirus infection
J J Maas1, M F Beersma, J Haan
1Department of Neurology, Rijnland Hospital Leiderdorp, The Netherlands.
Abstract:
A man, 23 years of age, had a typical erythema infectiosum, complicated by a severe bilateral brachial plexus neuritis. Motor function recovered slowly and only partially after 6 months. An infection by human parvovirus B19 was demonstrated, with strongly positive and gradually declining IgM antibodies and viral DNA detectable in serum for more than 3 months. There was also clear evidence of a recent infection by cytomegalovirus. The interaction between these two viruses could be responsible for this rare and severe complication of common infections in this patient.
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