Encephalopathy With Erythema Infectiosum

Severe Ataxia as a Complication of Human Parvovirus B19 Acute Encephalitis in a Child

“…[2][3][4][5][6] The first instance of encephalitis associated with fifth disease in the medical literature dates back to 1970, when Balfour et al 7 reported the case of an 8-year-old boy who, after 5 days of the appearance of a peculiar rash, showed central nervous signs and symptoms compatible with acute encephalitis. Subsequently, individual and large series of cases 6,8,9 were reported from retrospective studies, and to date, there have been reports of about 25 childhood cases.…”

Pure red cell aplasia due to parvovirus B19 infection in solid organ transplantation

“…In addition to this self‐limited infection, B19 has been shown to cause aplastic crisis in patients with chronic hematologic disorders and chronic or recurrent bone marrow suppression in immunocompromised patients (10). B19 is also found to be associated with glomerulonephritis (12, 13), arthritis (14, 15), vasculitis (16), nonimmune fetal hydrops (17), neuropathies (18, 19), and recently, with fulminant liver failure (9).…”

Different syndromes associated with B19 parvovirus viraemia in paediatric patients: Report of four cases

“…Neurological involvements have been described as uncommon complications in two cases of fifth disease [5,9], and more recently peripheral neuropathy was described as the only sign of B19 infection [8].…”