Parvovirus b19 infection associated with acute hepatitis, arthralgias, and rash

J Clin Rheumatol. 1996 Apr;2(2):85-8. doi: 10.1097/00124743-199604000-00005.

Abstract

Human parvovirus B19 is responsible for a wide variety of clinical syndromes, including erythema infectiosum, or fifth disease, polyarthritis, aplastic crisis in patients with hemolytic anemia, and chronic anemia in immunocompromised persons. Liver enzyme abnormalities are an infrequently reported association of parvovirus B19 infection in adults. We present a case of an acute transient hepatitis in the setting of parvovirus B19 infection, associated with arthralgias and an erythematous, edematous rash on the hands and leg.