Dan Inoue, Takashi Oda, Sachiko Iwama, Takahiro Uchida, Tadasu Kojima, Tomohiro Tomiyasu, Noriko Yoshikawa, Muneharu Yamada, Masaaki Okihara, Isao Akashi, Yu Kihara, Osamu Konno, Makoto Iwase, Hitoshi Iwamoto
We report a case of pure red cell aplasia (PRCA) caused by parvovirus B19 (PVB19) infection, which was transmitted through a kidney allograft. The patient underwent a living-donor kidney transplant from his wife at the age of 60. Despite successful engraftment with a normal creatinine level, he developed severe anemia that required frequent blood transfusions 2 months after transplantation. Renal anemia was unlikely as his serum erythropoietin level was extremely high. A bone marrow aspiration test demonstrated the existence of large proerythroblasts...
September 8, 2020: Transplant Infectious Disease: An Official Journal of the Transplantation Society