title: Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Presenting with Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis.
abstract: Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging tick-borne disease caused by the newly discovered SFTS Bunyavirus, and there have been no case reports of SFTS patients presenting with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) in the English literature. We report a case of SFTS presenting with HLH in a 73-year-old immunocompetent male farmer. Although the patient had poor prognostic factors for SFTS, such as old age and central nervous system symptoms, he recovered fully with supportive care.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea.
authors.forename: Jongmin
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9220-8874
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea.
authors.forename: Gyeongmin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea.
authors.forename: Ji Hun
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.affiliation: Division of Hematology and Hematological Malignancies, Department of Hematology and Oncology, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea.
authors.forename: Hawk
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Division of Arboviruses, Center for Immunology and Pathology, National Institute of Health, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cheongju, Korea.
authors.forename: Sun Whan
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Division of Arboviruses, Center for Immunology and Pathology, National Institute of Health, Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Cheongju, Korea.
authors.forename: Won Ja
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Ulsan University Hospital, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Ulsan, Korea. uvgotletter@hanmail.net.
authors.forename: Jae Bum
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9752-7682
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Jun
keywords: Bunyavirus; Hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis; Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome