Human Parvovirus and Purpura

Prevalence of human parvovirus B19 infection in children with Henoch‐Schönlein purpura

“…Infections due to Mycobacterium kansasii are more frequent and more severe in these patients (1,2). The microorganism usually causes isolated respiratory disease, but disseminated infections have been reported (3). Musculoskeletal infections are very rare, and we have found only one case of arthritis in a patient with AIDS (4).…”

Structure and Mapping of the DNA of Human Parvovirus B19

“…There are a variety of other outcomes of infection, particularly in adults. These include asymptomatic infection, fever, purpura, vasculitis, arthritis and hydrops fetalis (Shneerson et al, 1980;Lefrere et al, 1985b;Li Loong et al, 1986;Cohen et al, 1986;Anand et al, 1986).…”

Henoch-Schönlein Purpura and Human Parvovirus B19

“…Purpuric manifestations associated with HPV B19 infection can be schematically classified as: (a) idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura [6][7][8][9][10]; (b) vascular purpura [4,[11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18]; (c) papular-purpuric glove-and-sock syndrome [19][20][21]; (d) vasculitis [17, 22|, and (e) HSP |4. 5], As far as the latter is concerned in the literature there are reports on 2 children who presented with a similar clinical picture, characterized by pctechiae on the lower limbs, arthralgia of the wrists, knees and ankles and abdominal pain [4,5], In 1 case there was also bloody vomiting, rectal haemorrhage and proteinuria [5], Furthermore, Schwarz et al [ 17] described 2 children with HSP in whom, however, clin ical manifestations were partial or atypical.…”