Journal article
Transient Rheumatoid Factor Positivity in Acute Human Parvovirus B19 Infection
Archives of internal medicine (1960), Vol.148(12), pp.2587-2589
12/01/1988
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1988.00380120051010
PMID: 2848470
Abstract
• The relationship between parvovirus B19 infection and classic rheumatoid arthritis remains to be determined. We describe two adult patients with serologically documented acute parvovirus B19 infection who presented with sudden onset of symmetric polyarthritis, skin eruption, and rheumatoid factor positivity. Rheumatoid factor positivity and symptoms resolved within five months. We conclude that a diagnosis of B19 arthropathy should be considered in any patient with recent acute or subacute onset of symmetric polyarthralgia or polyarthritis and rheumatoid factor positivity, which would otherwise suggest a diagnosis of early rheumatoid arthritis.(Arch Intern Med 1988;148:2587-2589)
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Transient Rheumatoid Factor Positivity in Acute Human Parvovirus B19 Infection
- Creators
- Stanley J NaidesElizabeth H Field
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Archives of internal medicine (1960), Vol.148(12), pp.2587-2589
- DOI
- 10.1001/archinte.1988.00380120051010
- PMID
- 2848470
- NLM abbreviation
- Arch Intern Med
- ISSN
- 0003-9926
- eISSN
- 1538-3679
- Publisher
- American Medical Association
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 12/01/1988
- Academic Unit
- Immunology; Internal Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984094632702771
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