METHODS
A 26-year-old woman, for 3 years known to have systemic lupus erythematodes (SLE), was admitted because of fever, muscle and joint pains as well as nausea and vomiting. Maintenance therapy of 50 mg azathioprine, three times daily, had been stopped by the patient several weeks earlier.
We report a case of Henoch-Schönlein syndrome associated with human Parvovirus B19 primary infection. The patient, a 27-year-old Filipino woman, presented with an erythemato-papular-purpuric eruption localized to the lower limbs. General symptoms and signs included fever, hypotension, nausea,