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Acute lung injury due to parvovirus pneumonia

  1. Wardeh1,
  2. Marik2

Article first published online: 5 JAN 2002

DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.1998.00364.x

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Journal of Internal Medicine

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volume 244, Issue 3, pages 257–260, September 1998

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Wardeh and Marik (1998), Acute lung injury due to parvovirus pneumonia. Journal of Internal Medicine, 244: 257–260. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2796.1998.00364.x

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  1. 1

    From the Department of Critical Care, St. Vincent Hospital, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA and the ,

  2. 2

    University of Massachusetts and Medical Intensive Care Unit St. Vincent Hospital Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

* Paul E.Marik Dr Department of Critical Care, St Vincent Hospital, 25 Winthrop Street, Worcester, MA 01604, USA (fax: +508 798 1268; e-mail: pmarik@ultranet.com).

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  1. Issue published online: 5 JAN 2002
  2. Article first published online: 5 JAN 2002

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Keywords:

  • bronchioalveolar lavage;
  • non-immunocompromised;
  • parvovirus B19 pneumonia;
  • polymerase chain reaction

Wardeh A, Marik P, (Department of Critical Care, St. Vincent Hospital, Massachusetts, USA and the University of Massachusetts and Medical Intensive Care Unit St. Vincent Hospital, Massachusetts, USA). Acute lung injury due to parvovirus pneumonia (Case Report). J Intern Med 1998; 244: 257–60.

Objective

Human parvovirus B19 is responsible for the common childhood exanthematous illness, erythema infectiosum. Adults infected with B19 have been reported to develop a febrile illness associated with arthritis. Life threatening parvovirus infections in non-immunocompromised adults have not been reported to date. We report a previously healthy middle aged female who developed severe parvovirus pneumonia. The patient recovered with supportive care provided in the ICU. Parvovirus may represent an under diagnosed cause of community acquired pneumonia.

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