Int J Infect Dis. Plasma exchange and ribavirin for rapidly progressive severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome.

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[Source: US National Library of Medicine, full page: (LINK). Abstract, edited.]


Int J Infect Dis. 2013 Oct 2. pii: S1201-9712(13)00271-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2013.08.011. [Epub ahead of print]

Plasma exchange and ribavirin for rapidly progressive severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome.

Oh WS, Heo ST, Kim SH, Choi WJ, Han MG, Kim JY.

Source: Department of Internal Medicine, Kangwon National University School of Medicine, Chuncheon, Korea.


Abstract

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging tick-borne disease caused by a novel bunyavirus. Although the increasing numbers of cases and deaths is of great concern, an effective treatment strategy for SFTS has not been established. We present the cases of two patients with rapidly progressing SFTS who were successfully treated with plasma exchange and ribavirin.


Copyright ? 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.. All rights reserved.

KEYWORDS: Bunyavirus, Plasma exchange, Ribavirin, Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome

PMID: 24161209 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]


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