Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome presenting as acute hepatic failure
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is characterized by fever, thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, and altered consciousness, which may also involve multi-organ failure. Initially SFTS mortality was as high as 30%, when diagnosis remained unclear. We present a case of a 53-year- old man wit...
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| Language: | English |
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The Korean Society of Emergency Medicine
2015-06-01
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| Series: | Clinical and Experimental Emergency Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://www.ceemjournal.org/upload/pdf/ceem-15-011.pdf |