Pure Red Cell Aplasia due to B19 Parvovirus Infection after Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation

Panagiotis Tsirigotis; Konstantinos  Girkas; Christina Economopoulou; Anthoula Bouchla; Nikolaos Papanicolaou; Panagiota Economopoulou; Sotirios Papageorgiou; Vassiliki Pappa; John Dervenoulas

doi:10.1155/2011/251930

Case Reports in Transplantation (Jan 2011)

Pure Red Cell Aplasia due to B19 Parvovirus Infection after Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation

Panagiotis Tsirigotis,
Konstantinos Girkas,
Christina Economopoulou,
Anthoula Bouchla,
Nikolaos Papanicolaou,
Panagiota Economopoulou,
Sotirios Papageorgiou,
Vassiliki Pappa,
John Dervenoulas

Affiliations

Panagiotis Tsirigotis: 2nd Department of Internal Medicine-Propaudeutic, Attikon General University Hospital, University of Athens, P.O. Box 124 62, Rimini-1, Haidari, Athens, Greece
Konstantinos Girkas: 2nd Department of Internal Medicine-Propaudeutic, Attikon General University Hospital, University of Athens, P.O. Box 124 62, Rimini-1, Haidari, Athens, Greece
Christina Economopoulou: 2nd Department of Internal Medicine-Propaudeutic, Attikon General University Hospital, University of Athens, P.O. Box 124 62, Rimini-1, Haidari, Athens, Greece
Anthoula Bouchla: 2nd Department of Internal Medicine-Propaudeutic, Attikon General University Hospital, University of Athens, P.O. Box 124 62, Rimini-1, Haidari, Athens, Greece
Nikolaos Papanicolaou: 2nd Department of Internal Medicine-Propaudeutic, Attikon General University Hospital, University of Athens, P.O. Box 124 62, Rimini-1, Haidari, Athens, Greece
Panagiota Economopoulou: 2nd Department of Internal Medicine-Propaudeutic, Attikon General University Hospital, University of Athens, P.O. Box 124 62, Rimini-1, Haidari, Athens, Greece
Sotirios Papageorgiou: 2nd Department of Internal Medicine-Propaudeutic, Attikon General University Hospital, University of Athens, P.O. Box 124 62, Rimini-1, Haidari, Athens, Greece
Vassiliki Pappa: 2nd Department of Internal Medicine-Propaudeutic, Attikon General University Hospital, University of Athens, P.O. Box 124 62, Rimini-1, Haidari, Athens, Greece
John Dervenoulas: 2nd Department of Internal Medicine-Propaudeutic, Attikon General University Hospital, University of Athens, P.O. Box 124 62, Rimini-1, Haidari, Athens, Greece

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2011/251930
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2011

Abstract

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Parvovirus B19 is recognized as a rare cause of pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) in allogeneic stem cell (SCT) and solid organ transplant patients. We report a patient with Hodgkin's disease who developed PRCA due to parvovirus B19 after autologous SCT and who had an excellent response after treatment with gamma-globulin.

Published in Case Reports in Transplantation

ISSN: 2090-6943 (Print); 2090-6951 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/3829

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