Table 2. Other clinically significant laboratory results and imaging.
ANA: antinuclear antibody, ANCA: antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody, anti-GBM: antiglomerular basement membrane antibody, anti-PF4: IgG antibody against platelet factor 4 (PF4)/heparin complex
| Laboratory test | Results |
| 1) Autoimmune workup for acute kidney injury | Negative (ANA, ANCA, anti-GBM) |
| 2) Acute viral hepatitis panel | Negative |
| 3) Blood cultures at admission | Both sets were positive for F. tularensis |
| 4) Blood cultures on day five post-admission | Both sets were positive for F. tularensis |
| 5) Ehrlichiosis serology | Negative |
| 6) Francisella tularensis serology at discharge | Positive for elevated IgM and IgG antibodies to F. tularensis |
| 7) Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia panel | Negative (anti-PF4 reflexed to serotonin release assay) |
| 8) Lyme disease serology | Negative |
| 9) Left groin abscess culture | Mixed flora |
| 10) Peripheral smear done at admission | Revealed leukopenia and thrombocytopenia, no blasts or schistocytes seen, Megakaryoblasts were seen, and positive for toxic vacuolation and Döhle bodies |
| 11) Rickettsia serology | Negative |
| 12) Stool pathogen panel | Negative |
| 13) Stool ova and parasites | Negative |
| 14) Stool culture | No growth |
| 15) Arsenic, lead, and heavy metal toxicity | Negative |
| 16) Ultrasound abdomen | Hepatomegaly (length > 20.6 cm) and spleenomegaly (length > 15 cm) |
| 17) Transthoracic echocardiogram | Normal left ventricle systolic and diastolic function |
| 18) CT chest | Bilateral moderate pleural effusions with adjacent compressive atelectasis and multifocal ground glass opacities inflammatory in nature |
| 19) Positron emission tomography-CT | Negative for focal uptake, positive for multiple reactive left groin and iliac chain lymph nodes |
| 20) Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain | Negative for any acute abnormality |
| 21) CT head perfusion and angiogram of the head and neck | Negative for any acute intracranial and vascular abnormality |