Recurrent rhabdomyolysis in a patient with a history of rhabdomyolysis due to severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome

Masashi Nishiyama; Kyoko Yokota; Nobutoshi Morimoto

doi:10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01807

Recurrent rhabdomyolysis in a patient with a history of rhabdomyolysis due to severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome

IDCases. 2023 May 23:32:e01807. doi: 10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01807. eCollection 2023.

Authors

Masashi Nishiyama¹, Kyoko Yokota², Nobutoshi Morimoto³

Affiliations

¹ Clinical Training Center, Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital, 1-2-1 Asahi-machi, Takamatsu, Kagawa 760-8557, Japan.
² Department of Infectious Diseases, Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital, 1-2-1 Asahi-machi, Takamatsu, Kagawa 760-8557, Japan.
³ Department of Neurology, Kagawa Prefectural Central Hospital, 1-2-1 Asahi-machi, Takamatsu, Kagawa 760-8557, Japan.

Abstract

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is a hemorrhagic fever syndrome that is endemic to East Asia. Here, we describe a case of rhabdomyolysis, thought to have been caused by pemafibrate (which was prescribed for hyperlipidemia) or bacterial infection, in a patient who had experienced SFTS-induced rhabdomyolysis 4 years ago. This case suggests that SFTS causes muscle degeneration and can lead to recurrent rhabdomyolysis as a long-term complication.

Keywords: Bunyavirus; Complications; Rhabdomyolysis; Sequelae; Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome; Virus infection.

Publication types

Case Reports