Acute polyarthritis

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Although erythema infectiosum occurs primarily in children, the infection may be responsible for acute arthritis or arthralgia in adults. In this article, a case of acute symmetric polyarthritis affecting one of the authors is described. His symptoms were caused by parvovirus B19 infection, which was probably acquired from one of his children who had had erythema infectiosum a short time earlier.

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John B. Marshall

John B. Marshall, MD Robert McMurray, MD Dr Marshall is associate professor and Dr McMurray is assistant professor, department of internal medicine, University of Missouri—Columbia School of Medicine.

Robert McMurray

John B. Marshall, MD Robert McMurray, MD Dr Marshall is associate professor and Dr McMurray is assistant professor, department of internal medicine, University of Missouri—Columbia School of Medicine.