title: Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Presenting with Rhabdomyolysis.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Min Gu
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0200-1854
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jiwon
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4333-3270
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sang Bum
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Hong
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sang Oh
authors.initials: SO
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Sang Ho
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Yang Soo
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
authors.forename: Jun Hee
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Woo
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Asan Medical Center, University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. kimsunghanmd@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: Sung Han
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6596-8253
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
keywords: Acute renal failure; Rhabdomyolysis; Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome