Severe glomerulonephritis and encephalopathy associated with parvovirus B19 infection mimicking systemic lupus erythematosus

Scand J Rheumatol. 2012 Feb;41(1):79-81. doi: 10.3109/03009742.2011.617315. Epub 2011 Nov 1.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Autoantibodies / blood
  • Child
  • DNA, Viral / analysis
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Female
  • Glomerulonephritis / diagnosis
  • Glomerulonephritis / therapy
  • Glomerulonephritis / virology*
  • Humans
  • Hypertensive Encephalopathy / diagnosis
  • Hypertensive Encephalopathy / therapy
  • Hypertensive Encephalopathy / virology*
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / diagnosis*
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / immunology
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Parvoviridae Infections / diagnosis
  • Parvoviridae Infections / therapy
  • Parvoviridae Infections / virology*
  • Parvovirus B19, Human / isolation & purification*
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed

Substances

  • Autoantibodies
  • DNA, Viral