Persistent parvovirus B19 infection and arthralgia in a patient mistakenly treated for Lyme disease

Journal of Clinical Virology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 226-229

  Dobec, Marinko ^a   Kaeppeli, Franz ^a   Cassinotti, Pascal ^a   Satz, Norbert ^b  

^a Medica   (Switzerland)

^b Praxis am Paradeplatz   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Arthralgia; Lyme disease; Parvovirus B19 viremia; Persistent infection; Polyarthritis

Indexed keywords

MEFENAMIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; ERYTHEMA INFECTIOSUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LYME DISEASE; PAIN; PARVOVIRUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMOXICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; ARTHRALGIA; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DNA, VIRAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LYME DISEASE; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PARVOVIRUS B19, HUMAN;

EID: 50949091920     PISSN: 13866532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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