刊物主题:Medicine/Public Health, general; General Practice / Family Medicine; Public Health; Primary Care Medicine;
出版者:BioMed Central
ISSN:1752-1947
卷排序:11
文摘
BackgroundSevere fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome is an emerging infectious disease caused by a novel phlebovirus belonging to the family Bunyaviridate. Emergence of encephalitis/encephalopathy during severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome progression has been identified as a major risk factor associated with a poor prognosis. Here we report the case of a severely ill patient with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome virus-associated encephalitis/encephalopathy characterized by a lesion of the splenium, which resolved later.