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A man,23 years of age,had a typical erythema infectiosum,complicated by a severe bilateral brachial plexus neuritis.Motor function recovered slowly and only partially after 6 months.An infection by human parvovirus B19 was demonstrated with strongly positive and gradually declining IgM antibodies and viral DNA detectable in serum for more than 3 months.There was also clear evidence of a recent infection by cytomegalovirus.The interaction between these two viruses could be responsible for this rare and severe complication of common infections in this patient. |
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