Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Presenting with Rhabdomyolysis

Min Gu Kim; Jiwon Jung; Sang Bum Hong; Sang Oh Lee; Sang Ho Choi; Yang Soo Kim; Jun Hee Woo; Sung Han Kim

doi:10.3947/ic.2017.49.1.68

Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Presenting with Rhabdomyolysis

Infect Chemother. 2017 Mar;49(1):68-71. doi: 10.3947/ic.2017.49.1.68. Epub 2017 Jan 19.

Authors

Min Gu Kim¹, Jiwon Jung¹, Sang Bum Hong², Sang Oh Lee¹, Sang Ho Choi¹, Yang Soo Kim¹, Jun Hee Woo¹, Sung Han Kim³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
² Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
³ Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. kimsunghanmd@hotmail.com.

Abstract

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging febrile illness. While many kinds of severe complications including acute renal failure have been reported, rhabdomyolysis is rarely reported in association with SFTS. A 54-year-old female farmer was admitted with fever and diffuse myalgia. Laboratory finding showed thrombocytopenia, leukopenia, azotemia, extremely elevated muscle enzyme levels and myoglobinuria. We describe a fatal case of rhabdomyolysis with acute renal failure complicated by SFTS.

Keywords: Acute renal failure; Rhabdomyolysis; Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome.

Publication types

Case Reports