McGhee Sean A, Kaska Benjamin, Liebhaber Myron, Stiehm E Richard
Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA.
Pediatr Infect Dis J. 2005 Mar;24(3):272-4. doi: 10.1097/01.inf.0000155194.66797.20.
We report a 16-year-old boy with no evidence of immunodeficiency who had a 2-year history of chronic fatigue, low grade fever and slapped-cheek rash associated with chronic parvovirus B19 viremia. Prolonged intravenous immunoglobulin therapy resulted in resolution of his symptoms and viremia. Intravenous immunoglobulin may be useful in the resolution of parvovirus viremia regardless of immune status.