The First Case of Non-retrospective Clinical Identification of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Patient in 2013 in South Korea.
10.4167/jbv.2015.45.2.155
- Author:
Sang Taek HEO
1
;
Jeong Rae YOO
;
Keun Hwa LEE
;
Kwan Soo KO
Author Information
1. Department of Infectious Disease, Jeju National University School of Medicine, Jeju, Korea.
- Publication Type:Brief Communication
- Keywords:
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome;
South Korea;
Jeju Island
- MeSH:
Diagnosis;
Early Diagnosis;
Fever*;
Humans;
Korea;
Scrub Typhus;
Thrombocytopenia*
- From:Journal of Bacteriology and Virology
2015;45(2):155-158
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
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.
