TABLE 1.
Patient characteristics upon presentation
| Value | Unit | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper and lower respiratory tract | Tachypnea 30/min with 94% oxygen saturation | ||
| Productive cough with sputum without hemoptysis | |||
| Runny nose and nose congestion | |||
| Headache | |||
| Pulmonary rales over all lung fields | |||
| Gastrointestinal tract | Nausea | ||
| Vomiting | |||
| Loose stools without abdominal pain | |||
| Musculoskeletal tract | Muscle ache | ||
| Complete blood count | Normal leukocyte count | 5.3 | ×109/L |
| Lymphopenia | 0.29 | ×109/L | |
| Acute kidney injury | Creatinine | 3.6 | mg/dL |
| Elevated creatinine kinase | 45 247 | U/L | |
| Elevated lactate dehydrogenase | 901 | U/L | |
| Elevated inflammation markers | Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) | 65 | mm/h |
| C-reactive protein (CRP) | 143 | mg/L | |
| Elevated liver enzymes | Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) | 329 | U/L |
| Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) | 83 | U/L | |
| Normal bilirubin and cholestatic liver enzyme levels | |||
| Arterial blood gas analysis | Mixed respiratory alkalosis with hypoxemia | ||
| High anion gap metabolic acidosis due to renal insufficiency | |||
| Chest radiograph | Peripherally localized consolidations in multiple lobes in the lung on chest radiograph, suspicious for a viral pathogen | ||