Case Report

Mild Clinical Course of Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Virus Infection in an Elderly Japanese Patient

Table 1

Clinical course of hemoglobin, leukocyte and platelet counts, AST, ALT, creatine kinase, LDH, aPTT, prothrombin time, and C-reactive protein after the onset of SFTS.

Laboratory test (reference range)Day 4Day 7Day 8Day 9Day 10Day 13

Hemoglobin, g/dL (11.5–15.3)14.416.413.212.313.112.7
Leukocyte, ×103/μL (4–9.5)3.04.93.94.24.24.4
Neutrophil, % (39–73)NA4532615659
Lymphocyte, % (19–50)NA3652293527
Atypical lymphocyte, % (0)NA153000
Erythroblast, cell/100 WBC (0)NA10000
Platelet, ×103/μL (150–400)61737989241431
AST, IU/L (11–35)1572671921478642
ALT, IU/L (5–35)6612297898256
Creatine kinase, IU/L (45–235)155207127865231
LDH, IU/L (120–230)483577437356284206
aPTT, sec (20–35)NA33.831.330.529.326.9
Prothrombin time, INR (0.8–1.2)NA0.880.890.920.981.03
C-reactive protein, mg/dL (0–0.5)1.100.230.150.260.290.04

Day 1 was onset day. NA: not available; WBC: white blood cell; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; LDH: lactate dehydrogenase; aPTT: activated partial prothromboplastin time; INR: international normalized ratio.