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Table 1 Four Times of Hospitalization laboratory workup

From: Death from human cytomegalovirus infection in a girl with congenital thymic dysplasia

 

First hospitalization

Second hospitalization

Third hospitalization

Fourth hospitalization

Reference ranges

Age of months

Newborn

3

7

9

 

Hemogram

White blood cell count (/mm3)

10,000

9600

6600

18,400

4560–14,860

Hemoglobin level (g/L)

182

69

110

131

115–155

Platelet count (/mm3)

376,000

315,000

220

229

151,000–536,000

Coagulation parameters

APTT (seconds)

36.2

36.6

81.9

18.8–38.8

PT (seconds)

11

10.5

14.1

8.7–14.7

Fibrinogen (mg/dL)

147

182

137

200–400

Biochemistry panel

Alanine aminotransferase (U/L)

14

58

222

103

9–49

Aspartate aminotransferase (U/L)

51

132

384

225

14–40

Total bilirubin (μmol/L)

299.2

3.0

0.3

0.4

5–2.1

Direct bilirubin (μmol/L)

22.1

3.0

0.3

0.4

 < 6.8

Total protein (g/L)

59

43.1

49.6

41.9

51–73

Albumin (g/L)

37.9

19.6

27.7

23.9

38–54

Gamma-glutamyl transferase (U/L)

96

20

64

13

12–38

Lactate dehydrogenase (U/L)

272

2859

1409

2098

120–246

BUN (μmol/L)

2.3

2.04

0.94

1.76

3.2–8.2

Creatinine (μmol/L)

27

15

13

12

17.3–54.6

Inflammatory marker

C-reactive protein (mg/L)

< 0.5

12.4

< 0.8

16

0–8

Procalcitonin (ng/mL)

0.68

0.18

0.84

 < 0.05

  1. APTT activated partial thromboplastin time, PT prothrombin time, BUN blood urea nitrogen