SynthesisPLoS neglected tropical diseases2022
Clinical laboratory parameters and fatality of Severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Accuracy of reverse-transcription polymerase chain reaction and loop-mediated isothermal amplification in diagnosing severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of medical virology · 2022Pooled it
- Hyper-activated low-density neutrophil-derived NGAL predicts fatal SFTS: a multi-cohort and single-cell study.Infection · 2026Article
- Whole-body CT characteristics of patients with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome.Japanese journal of radiology · 2026Article
- An Explainable Machine Learning Model for Early Prediction of Incident Myocardial Injury in Patients With Severe Fever With Thrombocytopenia Syndrome.Journal of medical virology · 2026Article
- Construction of a novel prognostic model for severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome patients based on inflammatory indicators.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- Serum sCD25 predicts mortality and reflects IL-2-driven dysregulation of CD4⁺CD25⁺ T cells in severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome.Tropical medicine and health · 2026Article
- Aspartate aminotransferase-to-lymphocyte ratio predicts in-hospital mortality in patients with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome: a multicenter retrospective cohort study.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Observational
- Standardized LDH-to-lymphocyte ratio improves early mortality prediction in severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome: A 15-day competing-risk bedside model.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2026Article
- Association of age-stratified cytokine profiles with clinical outcomes in patients with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome.BMC infectious diseases · 2026Article
- The Red Cell Distribution Width to Albumin Ratio as a Novel Prognostic Predictor in Patients with Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome: A Multicenter Study in China.Infection and drug resistance · 2026Article
- A novel scoring system for precise severity quantification in severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome: development and application based on dynamic clinical data.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Combined use of ultrasonography and point shear wave elastography for the assessment of renal diseases.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Article
- Current status of severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome in China (Review).International journal of molecular medicine · 2025Review
- Age-related disparities in clinical characteristics and outcomes of patients with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2025Article
- A novel prognostic nomogram for elderly patients with severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Prediction of Mortality by Clinical Laboratory Parameters in Severe Fever with Thrombocytopenia Syndrome: A Meta-Analysis.Tropical medicine and infectious disease · 2025Review
- Lactate Dehydrogenase/Albumin to Urea Ratio: A Novel Prognostic Indicator for Adverse Outcomes in Patients With Severe Fever With Thrombocytopenia Syndrome.Journal of medical virology · 2025Article
- Metabolic Profiling Reveals Potential Prognostic Biomarkers for SFTS: Insights into Disease Severity and Clinical Outcomes.Metabolites · 2025Article
- Dynamic biomarkers and Cox regression with time-dependent covariate for mortality prediction in severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundSevere fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome (SFTS) is an emerging tick-borne infectious disease with high case fatality rate. Unfortunately, no vaccine or antiviral specifically targeting SFTS virus (SFTSV) are available for the time being. Our objective was to investigate the association between clinical laboratory parameters and fatality of SFTS patients.
methodsThe systematic review was conducted in accordance with The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses 2020 guidelines. We searched (from inception to 24th February 2022) Web of Science, PubMed, National Knowledge Infrastructure databases and Wan Fang Data for relevant researchers on SFTS. Studies were eligible if they reported on laboratory parameters of SFTS patients and were stratified by clinical outcomes. A modified version of Newcastle-Ottawa scale was used to evaluate the quality of included studies. Standardized mean difference (SMD) was used to evaluate the association between laboratory parameters and outcomes. The between-study heterogeneity was evaluated quantitatively by standard Chi-square and the index of heterogeneity (I2). Heterogeneity was explored by subgroup and sensitivity analyses, and univariable meta-regression. Publication bias was determined using funnel plots and Egger's test.
resultsWe identified 34 relevant studies, with over 3300 participants across three countries. The following factors were strongly (SMD>1 or SMD<-0.5) and significantly (P<0.05) associated mortality: thrombin time (TT) (SMD = 1.53), viral load (SMD = 1.47), activated partial-thromboplastin time (APTT) (SMD = 1.37), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) (SMD = 1.19), lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) (SMD = 1.13), platelet count (PLT) (SMD = -0.47), monocyte percentage (MON%) (SMD = -0.47), lymphocyte percentage (LYM%) (SMD = -0.46) and albumin (ALB) (SMD = -0.43). Alanine aminotransferase, AST, creatin phosphokinase, LDH, PLT, partial-thromboplastin time and viral load contributed to the risk of dying of SFTS patients in each subgroup analyses. Sensitivity analysis demonstrated that the results above were robust. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: The abnormal levels of viral load, PLT, coagulation function and liver function, significantly increase the risk of SFTS mortality, suggesting that SFTS patients with above symptoms call for special concern.
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