Atypical intrauterine parvo b19 infection.

Abstract

Human parvovirus B19 is a single-stranded DNA virus. During pregnancy, parvovirus B19 infection can be asymptomatic or cause a variety of signs of fetal damage, fetal anemia, nonimmune hydrops fetalis, spontaneous abortion and can result in fetal death. Recent improvements in diagnosing parvovirus infections and the availability of intrauterine transfusion have reduced the overall rate of fetal loss after maternal exposure. There is an approximately 30% risk of vertical transmission and 1% of hydrops. We report of the first case of vertical parvovirus B19 infection with atypical manifestations in our clinic. The neonate had pleural effusion associated with anaemia.

• Authors: Biljana Drašković, Anna Uram-Benka, Izabela Fabri, Gordana Velisavljev Filipović
• Journal: Medicinski glasnik : official publication of the Medical Association of Zenica-Doboj Canton, Bosnia and Herzegovina (Med Glas (Zenica)) Vol. 9 Issue 2 Pg. 427-9 (Aug 2012) ISSN: 1840-0132 [Print] Bosnia and Herzegovina
• PMID: 22926394 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adult
• Anemia (etiology)
• Female
• Humans
• Hydrops Fetalis (virology)
• Infant, Newborn
• Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
• Parvoviridae Infections (complications, diagnosis)
• Parvovirus B19, Human
• Pleural Effusion (virology)
• Pregnancy
• Pregnancy Complications, Infectious (diagnosis)