Postgrad Med 1994[Jun]; 95 (8): 165-168 PMID29211607show ga
Preview 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.