Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25889935›Full record

ArticleJournal of medical case reports2015

Parvovirus B19 infection presenting with severe erythroid aplastic crisis during pregnancy in a woman with autoimmune hemolytic anemia and alpha-thalassemia trait: a case report.

Chi-Ching Chen, Chin-Shan Chen, Wei-Yao Wang, Jui-Shan Ma, Hwei-Fan Shu, Frank S Fan

Open access · goldAbstract readCase Reports
In one paragraph

Article in Journal of medical case reports, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
1.4field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Chi-Ching ChenDepartment of Internal Medicine, Feng Yuan Hospital, No. 100, Ankang Road, Fengyuan District, Taichung City, 420, Taiwan. chan0118@msn.com.
Chin-Shan ChenDepartment of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Feng Yuan Hospital, No. 100, Ankang Road, Fengyuan District, Taichung City, 420, Taiwan. chinsun42@yahoo.com.tw.
Wei-Yao WangSection of Infectious Disease, Department of Internal Medicine, Feng Yuan Hospital, No. 100, Ankang Road, Fengyuan District, Taichung City, 420, Taiwan. wywang1996@ndmctsgh.edu.tw.
Jui-Shan MaDepartment of Pediatrics, Feng Yuan Hospital, No. 100, Ankang Road, Fengyuan District, Taichung City, 420, Taiwan. jma052968@gmail.com.
Hwei-Fan ShuDepartment of Anatomical Pathology, Feng Yuan Hospital, No. 100, Ankang Road, Fengyuan District, Taichung City, 420, Taiwan. wendyshu@fyh.mohw.gov.tw.
Frank S FanDivision of Hematology/Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Feng Yuan Hospital, No. 100, Ankang Road, Fengyuan District, Taichung City, 420, Taiwan. fantast.fan@msa.hinet.net.
Taichung Hospital · TW

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionParvovirus B19 virus commonly causes subclinical infection, but it can prove fatal to the fetus during pregnancy and cause severe anemia in an adult with hemolytic diseases. We present the case of a woman with autoimmune hemolytic anemia who was diagnosed with parvovirus B19-induced transient aplastic crisis during her second trimester of pregnancy and faced the high risk of both fetal and maternal complications related to this specific viral infection. To the best of our knowledge, the experience of successful intravenous immunoglobulin treatment for B19 virus infection during pregnancy, as in our case, is limited. CASE PRESENTATION: A 28-year-old and 20-week pregnant Chinese woman with genetically confirmed alpha-thalassemia trait was diagnosed with cold antibody autoimmune hemolytic anemia and suffered from transient aplastic crisis caused by B19 virus infection. She received intravenous immunoglobulin treatment to reduce the risk of hydrops fetalis. Her peripheral blood reticulocyte percentage recovered, but anemia persisted, so she underwent several courses of high dose intravenous dexamethasone for controlling her underlying hemolytic problem. Finally, her hemoglobin levels remained stable with no need of erythrocyte transfusion, and a healthy baby boy was naturally delivered.

conclusionsParvovirus B19 virus infection should be considered when a sudden exacerbation of anemia occurs in a patient with hemolytic disease, and the possible fetal complications caused by maternal B19 virus infection during pregnancy should not be ignored. Close monitoring and adequate management can keep both mother and fetus safe.

Indexed as

Parvovirus B19, HumanPregnancy Complications, InfectiousAdultalpha-ThalassemiaAnemia, Hemolytic, AutoimmuneAnti-Inflammatory AgentsBone MarrowDexamethasoneFemaleHumansImmunoglobulins, IntravenousImmunologic FactorsParvoviridae InfectionsPregnancyPregnancy Complications, HematologicAnti-Inflammatory AgentsDexamethasoneImmunoglobulins, IntravenousImmunologic Factors

Identifiers

PMID25889935
PMCPMC4363068
OpenAlexW2122286210

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.