Table 1.

Laboratory findings on admission and during follow-up in a 4-year-old immunocompetent child with atypical bartonellosis.

Variable	On Admission	Time from Admission						15 Days after Discharge
		Day 3	Day 5	Day 10	Day 16	Day 20	Day 24
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	12.8	10.5	10	11.1	11.5	11.0	11.7	11.8
Hematocrit (%)	37.6	32	30	34.3	35.2	34	36.5	35.6
White cell count (per μL)	9350	7770	9860	8920	5140	6330	6870	6370
Neutrophils (%)	46.5	42.3	59.3	25.7	26	21.2	18.6	21.6
Limphocytes (%)	44.1	47.7	29.5	56.6	53.5	59.6	68.3	66.1
Monocytes (%)	3.8	9.5	10.8	14.3	11.8	15	8.4	9.3
Eosinophils (%)	0.1	0.0	0.1	3.0	3.1	3.3	4.1	2.7
Basophils (%)	0.7	0.5	0.3	0.4	1.3	0.9	0.6	0.3
Red-cell count (per μL)	4.75 × 106	3.98 × 106	3.78 × 106	4.26 × 106	4.37 × 106	4.27 × 106	4.65 × 106	4.62 × 106
Platelet count (per μL)	217,000	200,000	328,000	587,000	540,000	483,000	521,000	398,000
Sodium (mEq/L)	131	134	-	135	133	132	136	137
Potassium (mEq/L)	4	4.2	-	4.6	5.1	5.1	4.8	4.3
Chloride (mEq/L)	99	106	-	102	101	100	102	103
Calcium (mg/dL)	9.0	8.0	-	9.0	9.2	9.6	10.2	9.8
Urea nitrogen (mg/dL)	29	12	-	26	41	41	30	38
Creatinine (mg/dL)	0.5	0.3	-	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.2	0.4
Glucose (mg/dL)	105	103	-	120	75	86	80	84
Albumin (g/dL)	-	3.0	-	3.3		3.7	3.9	4.8
ALT (U/L)	101	70	-	36	28	47	39	23
AST (U/L)	107	62	-	21	50	64	58	45
CRP (mg/L)	57.6	47.5	65.9	-	11.2	-	1.2	0.5
PCT (ng/mL)	13.84	10.38	3.64	-	-	-	0.06	0.02
ESR (mm/hr)	-	95	-	-	86	-	-	36

ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; ESR, erythrocyte sedimentation rate; CRP, C-reactive protein; PCT, procalcitonin.