Mild Clinical Course of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus Infection in an Elderly Japanese Patient
Joint Authors
Tamura, Shinobu
Ohagi, Yuko
Nakamoto, Chiaki
Nakamoto, Hiromichi
Saijo, Masayuki
Shimojima, Masayuki
Fujimoto, Tokuzo
Nakano, Yoshio
Source
Case Reports in Infectious Diseases
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-5, 5 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-12-04
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
5
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging infectious and hemorrhagic disease recently described in China and western Japan.
A 71-year-old healthy Japanese woman noticed a tick biting her after harvesting in an orchard and removed it herself.
She developed diarrhea, anorexia, and chills eight days later.
Because these symptoms continued, she visited a primary care physician 6 days after the onset.
Laboratory data revealed thrombocytopenia, leukocytopenia, and elevated liver enzymes.
She was then referred to our hospital.
Although not completely fulfilling the diagnostic criteria used in a retrospective study in Japan, SFTS was suspected, and we detected SFTS virus in the patient’s blood using RT-PCR.
However, she recovered without intensive treatment and severe complications 13 days after the onset.
In this report, we present a mild clinical course of SFTS virus infection in Japan in detail.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ohagi, Yuko& Tamura, Shinobu& Nakamoto, Chiaki& Nakamoto, Hiromichi& Saijo, Masayuki& Shimojima, Masayuki…[et al.]. 2014. Mild Clinical Course of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus Infection in an Elderly Japanese Patient. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ohagi, Yuko…[et al.]. Mild Clinical Course of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus Infection in an Elderly Japanese Patient. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-5.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Ohagi, Yuko& Tamura, Shinobu& Nakamoto, Chiaki& Nakamoto, Hiromichi& Saijo, Masayuki& Shimojima, Masayuki…[et al.]. Mild Clinical Course of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus Infection in an Elderly Japanese Patient. Case Reports in Infectious Diseases. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-5.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1034763
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1034763