Parvovirus infection mimicking systemic lupus erythematosus.

Scalp sarcoidosis mimicking discoid lupus erythematosus with lichenoid features in histology

Possible induction of systemic lupus erythematosus by human parvovirus.

A 59 year old woman presented with an influenza-like illness preceding signs and symptoms strongly suggestive of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), which progressed over several months. Owing to these influenza-like symptoms, a viral cause of her illness was sought. Human parvovirus B19 serology was positive and antibodies to DNA were detected by two different methods. This patient is believed...

Is there any Association Between Human Lymphotropic Virus Type I (HTLV-I) Infection and Systemic Lupus Erythematosus? An Original Research and Literature Review

Human parvovirus B19 infection in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

OBJECTIVE The clinical significance of the presence of B19 DNA in patients with SLE was studied. METHODS Sera from 72 patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), 23 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), 18 patients with Sjögren's syndrome (SS), eight patients with Raynaud's phenomenon (RP), five patients with primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), five patients with polymyositis (PM), four...

No serological indications that systemic lupus erythematosus is linked with exposure to human parvovirus B19.

OBJECTIVES Infectious agents like parvovirus have been implicated as exogenous factors that could trigger onset of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). A number of case reports describing a SLE-like presentation of acute human parvovirus B19 infection have been published, but no systematic investigation of the actual seroprevalence in epidemiologically defined SLE populations has previously been...