B19 parvovirus infection causing aplastic crisis in 3 out of 5 family members with hereditary spherocytosis

P T Murphy; J R O'Donnell

doi:10.1007/BF02937239

B19 parvovirus infection causing aplastic crisis in 3 out of 5 family members with hereditary spherocytosis

Ir J Med Sci. 1990 Jun;159(6):182-4. doi: 10.1007/BF02937239.

Authors

P T Murphy¹, J R O'Donnell

Affiliation

¹ Department of Haematology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin.

PMID: 2172181
DOI: 10.1007/BF02937239

Abstract

B19 parvovirus infection is a principal cause of transient bone marrow suppression in patients with chronic haemolytic anaemias. Acute infection is described in a family of five individuals with hereditary spherocytosis; three of them developed marked hypoplastic anaemia.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Acute Disease
Adolescent
Anemia, Aplastic / etiology*
Child
Female
Humans
Male
Parvoviridae Infections / complications*
Spherocytosis, Hereditary / complications*