Rhabdomyolysis associated with human parvovirus B19 infection in a patient with Fukuyama-type congenital muscular dystrophy.

Abstract

Patients with Fukuyama-type congenital muscular dystrophy sometimes experience transient exacerbations of muscle weakness. We took care of a 9-year-old boy with Fukuyama-type congenital muscular dystrophy who presented with acute respiratory failure and decreased exercise ability with marked elevation of serum creatine kinase indicating rhabdomyolysis. At that time, his younger sister suffered from erythema infectiosum. Although he had no particular symptoms, he was tested and proven to have acute human parvovirus B19 infection based on detection of anti-B19 IgM and parvovirus B19 DNA in his serum. His acute rhabdomyolysis was possibly triggered by human parvovirus B19 infection.

• Authors: Aki Ishikawa, Yuko Yoto, Kazuhiro Ohya, Takeshi Tsugawa, Hiroyuki Tsutsumi
• Journal: Journal of child neurology (J Child Neurol) Vol. 29 Issue 7 Pg. 977-9 (Jul 2014) ISSN: 1708-8283 [Electronic] United States
• PMID: 23594821 (Publication Type: Journal Article)
• Copyright: © The Author(s) 2013.

Topics

• Child
• Female
• Humans
• Parvoviridae Infections (complications)
• Parvovirus B19, Human (pathogenicity)
• Rhabdomyolysis (complications)
• Walker-Warburg Syndrome (complications, virology)