2017 Volume 8 Issue 1 Pages 80-83
Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging infectious disease that is tick-borne and caused by the SFTS virus that was newly identified in China. Increasing number of cases of SFTS are being reported in Japan since 2013. We report two cases of SFTS that were expected to severe but good progress with steroid therapy and continuous hemodiafiltration (CHDF) with AN69ST membrane hemofilter at an early stage. Case 1 was of a 83-year-old man. The patient presented with a consciousness disorder on the second day of hospitalization, was shifted to the ICU, and started steroid therapy and CHDF with AN69ST membrane hemofilter, his consciousness disorder was improved, and was shift out of the ICU on the fifth day of hospitalization. Case 2 was of a 68-year-old man. The patient presented with consciousness disorder on the fourth day of hospitalization and was shifted to the ICU; his consciousness disorder was improved with the same treatment, and was shifted out of the ICU on the fifth day of hospitalization. It was thought that providing mathemaical treatment including AN69ST-CHDF at an early stage maintain severe patients clinical status effectively.
