Manifestaciones purpúricas atípicas por parvovirus B19 en dos miembros de una familia: Caso clínico
Two atypical cases of parvovirus B19 infection occurred consecutively within a family. A 14 year-old patient presented an extended papular-purpuric "gloves and socks" syndrome and two weeks later his mother developed a predominantly unilateral purpuric rash in the limbs with severe malaise. Specific IgM antibodies in the boy and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and serology in the mother, confirmed parvovirus B19 infection. We emphasize the variable presentation of B19 infection within a family. The importance ofetiologic studies in the presence of atypical exanthemas and the utility of PCR in the diagnosis ofB19 are undesrscored
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Format: | Digital revista |
Language: | Spanish / Castilian |
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Sociedad Médica de Santiago
2008
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Online Access: | http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-98872008000500011 |
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