PERSISTENT HUMAN PARVOVIRUS B19 INFECTION FOLLOWING AN ACUTE INFECTION WITH MENINGITIS IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENT

Authors
CASSINOTTI P SCHULTZE D SCHLAGETER P CHEVILI S SIEGL G
Citation
P. Cassinotti et al., PERSISTENT HUMAN PARVOVIRUS B19 INFECTION FOLLOWING AN ACUTE INFECTION WITH MENINGITIS IN AN IMMUNOCOMPETENT PATIENT, European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases, 12(9), 1993, pp. 701-704
Citations number
18
Categorie Soggetti
Immunology,Microbiology
Journal title
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases → ACNP
ISSN journal
09349723
Volume
12
Issue
9
Year of publication
1993
Pages
701 - 704
Database
ISI
SICI code
0934-9723(1993)12:9<701:PHPBIF>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
A case in which parvovirus B19 infection persisted over a prolonged pe riod of time in the blood of an immunocompetent patient following an a cute infection with meningitis is reported. Using a nested polymerase chain reaction assay the viral genome was detected in cerebrospinal fl uid as well as in blood at the time of overt disease and in consecutiv e blood samples collected for up to nine months.