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Case Reports
. 2014 Jan:18:84-6.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2013.08.011. Epub 2013 Oct 2.

Plasma exchange and ribavirin for rapidly progressive severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome

Won Sup Oh  1 , Sang Taek Heo  2 , Sun Hyung Kim  3 , Won Jun Choi  4 , Myung Guk Han  5 , Ji Young Kim  6
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Case Reports

Plasma exchange and ribavirin for rapidly progressive severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome

Won Sup Oh et al. Int J Infect Dis. 2014 Jan.
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Abstract

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging tick-borne disease caused by a novel bunyavirus. Although the increasing numbers of cases and deaths is of great concern, an effective treatment strategy for SFTS has not been established. We present the cases of two patients with rapidly progressing SFTS who were successfully treated with plasma exchange and ribavirin.

Keywords: Bunyavirus; Plasma exchange; Ribavirin; Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome.

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