TY - JOUR T1 - Anaemia in lung transplant patient caused by parvovirus B19 JF - Thorax JO - Thorax SP - 619 LP - 620 DO - 10.1136/thorax.55.7.619 VL - 55 IS - 7 AU - H H Kariyawasam AU - K M Gyi AU - M E Hodson AU - B J Cohen Y1 - 2000/07/01 UR - http://thorax.bmj.com/content/55/7/619.abstract N2 - The case history is presented of a lung transplant patient who developed prolonged parvovirus B19 infection with severe transfusion dependent anaemia. The patient was treated with intravenous immunoglobulin after which the haemoglobin rose, together with a reticulocytosis. The patient then remained transfusion free and the virus cleared more than three months after the initial immunoglobulin treatment. The clinical and social implications for this group of patients are discussed. ER -