Figure 3.
Laboratory findings for persons who inject drugs and were part of an outbreak of Bacillus anthracis infection, Scotland, UK, 2009–2010. Included are the 27 patients for whom data were available. Shown are median (interquartile range) for levels of serum sodium (A), corrected calcium (B), total bilirubin (C), albumin (D), base deficit (E), bicarbonate (F), percentage neutrophil (G), hemoglobin (H), and platelets (I); international normalized ratio (INR) (J); partial thromboplastin times (PTT) (K); and C-reactive protein levels (L). Horizontal black lines indicate median values; lower and upper boundaries indicate 25% and 75% ranges.