Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome Accompanied by Invasive Pulmonary Aspergillosis: An Autopsy Case.

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging tickborne infectious disease in China, Korea, and Japan caused by the SFTS virus (SFTSV). SFTS has a high mortality rate due to multiorgan failure. Recently, there are several reports on SFTS patients with mycosis.

Infliximab as an alternative therapy for refractory adult onset Kawasaki disease: A case report.

Rationale: Kawasaki disease (KD) is an acute febrile illness predominantly affecting children less than 5 years of age and characterized by systemic inflammation in all medium-sized arteries. Adult-onset KD (AKD) is rare with only 105 case reports published. Recently, the efficacy of infliximab (IFX) for patients with refractory KD has been demonstrated.

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome with myocardial dysfunction and encephalopathy: A case report.

Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging infectious disease in China, Korea and Japan caused by a novel bunyavirus, SFTS virus (SFTSV). Although central nervous system manifestations are common in SFTS patients, the pathogenesis has not been elucidated; and there are few reports of myocardial dysfunction. Here we report an elderly Japanese patient with reversible myocardial dysfunction and encephalopathy.

Crystalglobulinemia with fulminant course with cylinder-like bodies on peripheral blood smear.

A 63-year-old woman presented to our hospital with fever, purpura and pain in both legs and died 4 days after admission. Her blood smear and skin biopsy showed cylinder-like bodies (20×120 μm). She was diagnosed to have monoclonal gammopathy (IgG, lambda type).

[18F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography is a useful tool to diagnose the early stage of Takayasu's arteritis and to evaluate the activity of the disease.

Takayasu's arteritis (TA) is a rare disease that can be difficult to diagnose in its early stage. A young woman with a fever and neck pain was thought to have TA, although computed tomographic angiography did not show any specific changes of the arteries. [(18)F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography ([(18)F]FDG-PET) was performed to detect the source of the inflammation.