TRANSIENT APLASTIC-ANEMIA CAUSED BY PARVOVIRUS B19 INFECTION IN A HEART-TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT

Authors
BERGEN GA SAKALOSKY PE SINNOTT JT
Citation
Ga. Bergen et al., TRANSIENT APLASTIC-ANEMIA CAUSED BY PARVOVIRUS B19 INFECTION IN A HEART-TRANSPLANT RECIPIENT, The Journal of heart and lung transplantation, 15(8), 1996, pp. 843-845
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System",Transplantation
Journal title
The Journal of heart and lung transplantation → ACNP
ISSN journal
10532498
Volume
15
Issue
8
Year of publication
1996
Pages
843 - 845
Database
ISI
SICI code
1053-2498(1996)15:8<843:TACBPB>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Parvovirus B19 infection in the transplant patient is rarely reported, although cases have occurred in patients with bone marrow, liver, and renal transplants and in children undergoing heart transplantation. W e present the first reported case of an orthotopic heart transplant re cipient with aplastic crisis caused by parvovirus B19. The infection w as diagnosed by bone marrow biopsy, confirmed by serologic studies and polymerase chain reaction, and successfully treated with intravenous immunoglobulin.