Table 3.

Laboratory findings of 185 inpatients with culture confirmed herpetic gingivostomatitis

Laboratory data	Total	Late Diagnosis	Early Diagnosis	Other Diagnosis	P-value
Case Number	185	74	65	46
Hemogram
WBC count (1000/μL)a	12.44 ± 4.95	13.05 ± 5.35	12.43 ± 4.77	11.46 ± 4.44	0.229
WBC count-peakb	12.47 ± 4.89	13.12 ± 5.31	12.41 ± 4.65	11.49 ± 4.4	0.209
WBC count-nadir	10.64 ± 4.01	10.96 ± 3.70	10.98 ± 4.05	9.62 ± 4.34	0.147
< 5000/μL (No. (%))	6 (3.2)	1 (1.4)	2 (3.1)	3 (6.5)	0.315
> 15,000/μL (No. (%))	52 (28.1)	23 (31.1)	19 (29.2)	10 (21.7)	0.525
Platelet (1000/μL)	251.72 ± 73.0	260.57 ± 66.42	253.25 ± 64.26	235.37 ± 91.25	0.181
< 150,000/μL (No. (%))	10 (5.4)	3 (4.1)	2 (3.1)	5 (10.9)	0.167
> 450,000/μL (No. (%))	4 (2.2)	1 (1.4)	0	3 (6.5)	0.057
Biochemistry
CRP (mg/L)a	40.31 ± 37.47	40.00 ± 40.24	35.52 ± 34.68	47.48 ± 36.31	0.256
CRP-peak (mg/L)b [Range]	41.86 ± 38.15 [1.3–193.09]	40.51 ± 40.01 [2.1–193.09]	37.78 ± 36.73 [1.3–165.97]	49.7 ± 36.7 [1.4–132.7]	0.252
< 40 mg/L (No. (%))	130 (71.0)	51 (69.9)	48 (75)	31 (67.4)	0.659
> 100 mg/L (No. (%))	17 (9.3)	8 (11.0)	4 (6.2)	5 (10.9)	0.564
BUN (mg/dL)	8.8 ± 2.83	9.05 ± 3.09	8.67 ± 2.26	8.61 ± 3.07	0.876
Cr (mg/dL)	0.14 ± 0.35	0.07 ± 0.25	0.08 ± 0.28	0.31 ± 0.47	0.006
> 1.0 mg/dL (No. (%))	0	0	0	0	NA
AST (U/L) [Range]	38.39 ± 42.1 [15–434]	44.18 ± 56.49 [16–434]	32.4 ± 8.72 [17–58]	41.00 ± 40.62 [15–246]	0.369
> 3-folds normal value (No. (%))	3 (2.6)	2 (3.6)	0	1 (6.2)	0.32
Sugar (mg/dL)	94.61 ± 33.46	90.07 ± 15.31	89.36 ± 16.84	108.5 ± 58.88	0.06
Hypoglycemia (< 60) (No. (%))	1 (1.2)	1 (2.5)	0	0	0.603

^aFirst laboratory exam on admission

^bThe highest or lowest laboratory value during hospitalization

Abbreviations: WBC White blood cell, Hb Hemoglobin, CRP C-reactive protein, BUN Blood urea nitrogen, Cr Creatinine, AST Aspartate aminotransferase