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Maculopapular rash.
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On the third week of hospitalization, she deteriorated rapidly and developed a macular rash on the trunk and extremities with generalised lymphadenpathy, liver dysfunction and disseminated intravascular coagulopathy (DIC) (Figure 1).
Bone marrow aspirate shows increased number of histiocytes with active hemophagocytosis (Hematoxylin stain x200 magnification).
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A bone marrow aspirate showed hemophagocytosis (Figure 2).
Real-time PCR that confirmed parvovirus B19 (arrow shows negative control sample).
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Parvovirus B19 DNA was detected by the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) in bone marrow (Figure 3).