Table 2.

Auxiliary examinations of 14 patients with Brucella endocarditis

Patient no.	WBC*109/L	NEUT, %	PLT*109/L	HBG, g/dl	PCT, ng/ml	CRP, mg/L	ESR, mm/h	ALT, U/L	ALB, g/L	TBIL, umol/L	DBIL, umol/L	Creatinine, umol/L	BNP	INR	D-dimer, μg/mL
1	4.22	80	47	8.5	3.01	65.17	12	35	19.7	75.2	50.6	185.4	53.3	1.36	6.93
2	8.85	82	21	8.2	0.246	101.01	85	133.9	28.5	29.1	0	83	775.7	1.35	4.47
3	3.04	45	23	10.2	0.062	60	2	99.4	18.7	22.8	0	40	1800	1.37	13.32
4	8.65	80	130	12.5	0.278	37.79	18	30	36.5	12	3	55	231.7	1.21	3.02
5	11.47	82	223	5.7	1.16	20.22	63	51	26.2	11.9	6.1	46.5	520	1.19	1.18
6	4.51	52	134	12.6	0.328	11.94	22	30	36.9	69.1	42.1	72	555.9	1.14	0.48
7	5.56	72	153	11.4	2.34	72.63	18	16	21.6	11.5	4	302.9	624.8	0.99	1.54
8	4.8	81	20	6.9	0.613	60.65	61	17	25.4	14	7.2	315.5	3874.44	4.28	5.93
9	5.83	65	269	11.8	0.24	23.61	37	16	34.6	6.5	2.3	60.5	16.9	1	0.66
10	4.92	67	84	6.5	1.02	75.15	47	42	21.7	5.1	2.4	221	589.1	1.23	2.83
11	10.28	88	138	7.4	0.975	104	87	8	19	38.6	26.5	84.2	526.8	1.73	4.81
12	4.16	75	65	11	0.7	53.2	28	106	26.6	49.9	4.3	84.8	854.3	1.39	7.53
13	8.03	61	266	10.7	0.078	16.19	9	27	30.5	19.7	9	52	NA	1.02	1.31
14	3.99	76	107	8.8	0.308	12.5	8	20	26.2	11.6	3.1	139.2	NA	1.13	1.13

WBC, white blood cell; NEUT, neutrophil; PLT, platelet; HBG, Hemoglobin; PCT, procalcitonin; CRP, C-reactive protein; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; ALB, albumin; TBIL, total bilirubin; DBIL, direct bilirubin; BNP, brain natriuretic peptide; INR, international normalized ratio

Reference range: WBC: 3.5–9.5; NEUT: 40–75; PLT: 125–350; HBG: 130–175; PCT: < 0.046; CRP: 0–4; ESR: 0–20; ALT: 5–40; ALB: 40–55; TBIL: 3.4–19; DBIL: 0–6.8; creatine: 62–115; INR: 0.95–1.50