Renal anemia aggravated by long-term parvovirus B19 and cytomegalovirus infection in a renal transplant patient: case report and evaluation of B19 seroprevalence in dialysis patients

Transplant Proc. 2005 Dec;37(10):4306-8. doi: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2005.11.052.

Abstract

Due to viral replication in erythroid precursor cells, severe anemia represents a major complication of B19 infection. However, cytomegalovirus (CMV) is the leading cause of virus-induced complications with a significant impact on graft outcome of renal transplant patients. Herein, we present a long-term B19 infection in a 45-year-old female renal transplant patient, which aggravated the renal anemia associated with a concomitant CMV infection. Since no data were available on the seroprevalence of this virus in pretransplant patients, we determined the B19 serostatus of 90 dialyzed pretransplant adult subjects.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Anemia / complications*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / blood
  • Kidney Transplantation / adverse effects*
  • Middle Aged
  • Parvoviridae Infections / complications*
  • Parvoviridae Infections / epidemiology
  • Parvovirus B19, Human* / genetics
  • Parvovirus B19, Human* / immunology
  • Parvovirus B19, Human* / isolation & purification
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Seroepidemiologic Studies

Substances

  • Immunoglobulin G