Abnormal coagulation activity and the related clinical significance in patients with novel bunyavirus infection
10.3760/cma.j.cn114452-20210328-00194
- VernacularTitle:新型布尼亚病毒感染患者凝血功能异常及其临床意义
- Author:
Lu ZONG
1
;
Fan YANG
;
Li SI
;
Meijuan ZHENG
;
Yuanhong XU
Author Information
1. 安徽医科大学第一附属医院检验科,合肥 230032
- Keywords:
Bunyaviridae infections;
Thrombocytopenia;
Thrombin;
Thrombomodulin
- From:
Chinese Journal of Laboratory Medicine
2022;45(1):65-70
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective:To explore the related indexes of coagulation and thrombosis and their clinical significance in patients with severe fever with thrombocytopenia symptoms (SFTS) during the onset and recovery period after novel bunyavirus infection.Methods:A total of 36 patients diagnosed with SFTS (SFTS onset group) and 18 convalescent SFTS patients, who were hospitalized in the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University from April 12, 2020, to October 12, 2020 were recruited in this study. Thirty-six healthy controls were recruited from volunteers. Plasma was collected and prothrombin time (PT), activated partial thromboplastin time (APTT), fibrinogen (FIB), thrombin time(TT), antithrombin-Ⅲ (AT-Ⅲ), fibrin degradation product (FDP) and D-dimer (D-D) were determined by automatic blood coagulation analyzer. Thrombomodulin (TM), thrombin-antithrombin complex (TAT), plasminase-α2 plasminase inhibitor complex (PIC) and tissue plasminogen activator-plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 complex (t-PAIC) were determined by an automatic chemiluminescence analyzer.Results:Compared with the healthy control group, PT was significantly prolonged (12.5 [12.1, 13.6] s, vs 10.8 [10.5, 11.5] s, P<0.05) in SFTS onset group, but was still within the reference range (14.0-21.0 s), and APTT (49.1 [42.0, 58.2]s vs 28.5 [26.6, 30.4]s, P<0.05) was also significantly prolonged in SFTS onset group. Compared with healthy control group, FDP (6.07 [2.67, 8.64] μg/ml vs 1.00 [0.80, 1.87] μg/ml, P<0.001), D-D (2.27 [1.04, 2.98] μg/ml vs 0.30 [0.21, 0.47] μg/ml, P<0.001), TAT (16.05 [8.05, 26.58] ng/ml vs 3.55 [2.60, 4.85] ng/ml, P<0.001), PIC (4.44 [2.52, 5.54] μg/ml vs 0.84 [0.60, 1.35] μg/ml, P<0.001), TM ([19.41±8.29] TU/ml vs [9.33±1.89] TU/ml, P<0.001), and t-PAIC ([37.52±21.10] ng/ml vs [7.06±3.37] ng/ml, P<0.001) values were all significantly higher in the SFTS onset group (all P<0.001). The level of TAT in the SFTS recovery group (9.10 [3.95, 18.40] ng/ml) was still out of the reference range (<4 ng/ml), while the level of PIC in the SFTS recovery group was lower than in SFTS onset group (1.91 [1.45, 2.93] μg/ml vs 4.44 [2.52, 5.54] μg/ml, P<0.05). Compared with SFTS onset group, the levels of TM and t-PAIC were lower in the SFTS recovery group ( P<0.05). Conclusions:Coagulation system activation and vascular endothelial injury are evidenced in SFTS patients. In the convalescence period, the vascular endothelial injury is recovered, however, there is still a certain degree of coagulation dysfunction, therefore, it is necessary to monitor the coagulation indicator of discharged patients post SFTS.