Table 1. Hematologic and blood chemistry values.

Variable	Day of illness
	8	9	12
Leukocytes (normal, 4,000–10,000/mm3)	1,900	1,800	4,800
Platelets (normal, 150,000–350,000/mm3)	22,000	16,000	43,000
Aspartate aminotransferase (normal, 0–36 U/L)	NT*	49	75
Alanine aminotransferase (normal, 0–42 U/L)	NT	72	108
Lactate dehydrogenase (normal, 140–290 U/L)	NT	499	354
C-reactive protein (normal, <5 mg/L)	277	230	61
Procalcitonin level (normal, <0.50 µg/L)	NT	2.6	0.13

*NT, not tested.