Table. Laboratory test results of samples from 14 patients with Rickettsia japonica infection at different time points, China, 2014–2017.
| Result | No. patients |
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|---|---|---|---|
| At admission | During hospitalization | At discharge from hospital | |
| Anemia, <3.5 × 1012 erythrocytes/L | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| Leukopenia, <4.0 × 109 leukocytes/L | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Thrombocytopenia, <150 × 109 platelets/L | 9 | 11 | 0 |
| Hyperbilirubinemia, albumin >17.1 μmol/L | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| Hypoalbuminemia, albumin <35.0 g/L | 3 | 9 | 7 |
| Hyponatremia, sodium <135.0 mmol/L | 4 | 6 | 2 |
| Hypopotassemia, potassium <3.5 mmol/L | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| Increased ALT level, >0.67 μkat/L | 8 | 10 | 5 |
| Increased AST level, >0.67 μkat/L | 10 | 12 | 5 |
| Increased LDH level, >4.1 μkat/L | 10 | 11 | 7 |
| Increased CK level, >4.1 μkat/L | 4 | 3 | 0 |
*ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; CK, creatine kinase; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase.