J Bacteriol Virol.  2015 Jun;45(2):155-158. 10.4167/jbv.2015.45.2.155.

The First Case of Non-retrospective Clinical Identification of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Patient in 2013 in South Korea

• Heo ST
• Yoo JR
• Lee KH
• Ko KS

• KMID: 2149216
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.4167/jbv.2015.45.2.155

Abstract

In this study, we report the first clinically identified case of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) in a 73-year old man from Jeju Island, South Korea. Although his initial manifestation suggested tsutsugamushi disease with cutaneous lesion, later the patient presented with symptoms characteristic of SFTS. Despite intensive medical therapies upon the clinical diagnosis of SFTS, patient's condition rapidly deteriorated. SFTS is a fatal disease that requires early diagnosis and appropriate supportive treatment.

Keyword

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome; South Korea; Jeju Island

MeSH Terms

Diagnosis
Early Diagnosis
Fever*
Humans
Korea
Scrub Typhus
Thrombocytopenia*

Figure

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  Figure 1. Amplification of S and L segment of SFTSV. (A) S segment of SFTSV was amplified from the SFTS patient's serum by real-time RT-PCR. 1.2% agarose gel electrophoresis demonstrates the 110-bp corresponding to the S segment (B) and the 100-bp corresponding to the L segment (C) of SFTSV.

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