Tj. Corbett et al., SUCCESSFUL TREATMENT OF PARVOVIRUS B19 INFECTION AND RED-CELL APLASIAOCCURRING AFTER AN ALLOGENEIC BONE-MARROW TRANSPLANT, Bone marrow transplantation, 16(5), 1995, pp. 711-713
Chronic parvovirus B19 infection in the immunocompromised host may cau
se severe anaemia secondary to failure of erythropoiesis. This has bee
n previously documented in patients with the Acquired Immune Deficienc
y Syndrome (AIDS), congenital immunodeficiencies and in children with
acute lymphoblastic leukaemia during maintenance chemotherapy. We desc
ribe persistent parvovirus infection in a 14-year-old boy after HLA-ma
tched sibling allogeneic bone marrow transplantation for acute lymphob
lastic leukaemia in second remission.