ANTICOMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITY IN SERUM SAMPLES FROM PATIENTS WITH ACUTE PARVOVIRUS B19 INFECTION

Citation
Sa. Barton et al., ANTICOMPLEMENTARY ACTIVITY IN SERUM SAMPLES FROM PATIENTS WITH ACUTE PARVOVIRUS B19 INFECTION, Journal of Clinical Pathology, 48(5), 1995, pp. 493-494
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology
ISSN journal
00219746
Volume
48
Issue
5
Year of publication
1995
Pages
493 - 494
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9746(1995)48:5<493:AAISSF>2.0.ZU;2-F
Abstract
Of 65 serum samples submitted for diagnostic purposes which proved to be anticomplementary by complement fixation test, 49 were parvovirus B 19 IgM positive. Forty four of the 49 serum samples were from patients with arthropathy. Acute parvovirus B19 infection should be suspected when a patient has symptoms of disease of the joints and the serum is anticomplementary.