{"title":"Acute myocarditis associated with parvovirus B19 infection in a child","authors":"Houda Ajmi , Jalel Chemli , Abdelhalim Trabelsi , Saida Hassayoun , Raoudha Kebaili , Elyes Naffati , Noura Zouari , Noureddine Boujaffar , Saoussan Abroug","doi":"10.1016/j.pid.2015.02.001","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Infection with parvovirus B19 is common in children and typically causes mild illness. However it is occasionally associated with severe diseases such as acute myocarditis<span>. We report here the case of a 3-year-old girl who developed myocarditis secondary to parvovirus B19 virus<span>. Diagnosis of PVB19 infection was made with serological tests. The outcome was favorable after immunoglobulins.</span></span></p></div>","PeriodicalId":19984,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Infectious Disease","volume":"7 2","pages":"Pages 53-55"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2015-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.pid.2015.02.001","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Pediatric Infectious Disease","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212832815000259","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Infection with parvovirus B19 is common in children and typically causes mild illness. However it is occasionally associated with severe diseases such as acute myocarditis. We report here the case of a 3-year-old girl who developed myocarditis secondary to parvovirus B19 virus. Diagnosis of PVB19 infection was made with serological tests. The outcome was favorable after immunoglobulins.