A False Positive Dengue Fever Rapid Diagnostic Test Result in a Case of Acute Parvovirus B19 Infection

Toshihide Izumida; Hidenao Sakata; Masahiko Nakamura; Yumiko Hayashibara; Noriko Inasaki; Ryo Inahata; Sumiyo Hasegawa; Takenori Takizawa; Hiroyasu Kaya

doi:10.2169/internalmedicine.55.6126

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A False Positive Dengue Fever Rapid Diagnostic Test Result in a Case of Acute Parvovirus B19 Infection

Toshihide Izumida, Hidenao Sakata, Masahiko Nakamura, Yumiko Hayashibara, Noriko Inasaki, Ryo Inahata, Sumiyo Hasegawa, Takenori Takizawa, Hiroyasu Kaya

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Toshihide Izumida
Department of Emergency Center, Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan
Hidenao Sakata
Department of Emergency Center, Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan
Masahiko Nakamura
Department of Medical Laboratory, Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan
Yumiko Hayashibara
Department of Medical Laboratory, Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan
Noriko Inasaki
Department of Virology, Toyama Institute of Health, Japan
Ryo Inahata
Department of Virology, Toyama Institute of Health, Japan
Sumiyo Hasegawa
Department of Virology, Toyama Institute of Health, Japan
Takenori Takizawa
Department of Virology, Toyama Institute of Health, Japan
Hiroyasu Kaya
Department of Internal Medicine, Toyama Prefectural Central Hospital, Japan

Keywords: dengue fever, parvovirus B19, rapid diagnostic test, false positive

JOURNAL OPEN ACCESS

2016 Volume 55 Issue 10 Pages 1379-1382

DOI https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.55.6126

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Abstract

An outbreak of dengue fever occurred in Japan in August 2014. We herein report the case of a 63-year-old man who presented with a persistent fever in September 2014. Acute parvovirus B19 infection led to a false positive finding of dengue fever on a rapid diagnostic test (Panbio Dengue Duo Cassette^TM). To the best of our knowledge, there are no previous reports of a false positive result for dengue IgM with the dengue rapid diagnostic test. We believe that epidemiological information on the prevalence of parvovirus B19 is useful for guiding the interpretation of a positive result with the dengue rapid diagnostic test.

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