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. 2021 Jun 8;21:267. doi: 10.1186/s12887-021-02743-8

Table 2.

Laboratory results

Case-1 Case-2 Case-3 Case-4 Case-5 Case-6 Case-7 Summary
COVID-19
 RT-qPCR

NPS-Neg

NPW-Pos

NPS-Neg

NPW-Pos

NPS-Pos NPS-Neg aNPS-Pos aNPS-Pos NPS-Neg 71.4% cases positive in at least one specimen
 Serology Positive Positive Positive Positive Not done Positive Positive 6/6, 100% positive
Hematology
 WBC (109/L) 27.3 19.4 16 9.7 16.9 6.9 24.1

71.4% above range

(Ref: 4–14)

 Neutrophil (109/L) 24.4 16.5 5.3 9.5 13.9 4.6 16.1

71.4% above range

(Ref: 0.8–7.2)

 Lymphocyte (109/L) 0.9 0.8 1.2 0.2 2.1 0.6 6.5

71.4% below range

(Ref: 1.3–8)

 Platelets (103/mL) 140 80 570 105 116 105 900

71.4% below range

(Ref: 150–400)

Inflammatory markers
 CRP (mg/L) 262.2 228.3 162 304.5 93 82.8 143

100% above range

(Ref: 0–7.5)

 Ferritin (ng/mL) 324 581 377 334 326 341 621

100% above range

(Ref: 10–56)

 PCT (ng/mL) 21.6 7.22 9.4 > 50 2.15 Not done 0.59

6/6, 100% above range

(Ref: < 0.1)

 IL-6 (pg/mL) 35 4 Not done Not done 2665 Not done 100

3/4 above range

(Ref: 0–16.4)

Coagulation
 PT (sec) 16.8 15.1 18.3 17 17.5 15.9 12

83% above range

(Ref: 11.7–15.1)

 D-dimer (mg/L) 7440 2266 7500 > 7500 3538 2381 3060

100% above range

(Ref: ≤500)

 Fibrinogen (mg/dL) 4 3.9 3.4 4.4 3.7 3.6 4.3

28.6% above range

(Ref: 1.6–4)

Cardiac
 Troponin (ng/L) 40 14 68 309 161 34 4

100% above range

(Ref: 0–0.4)

 NT-proBNP (ng/L) 5253 7006 2314 2874 592 506 1444

100% above range

(Ref: < 125)

NPS nasopharyngeal swab; NPW nasopharyngeal wash; WBC white blood cell; CRP C-reactive protein; PCT procalcitonin; PT prothrombin time; NT-proBNP N-terminal B-type natriuretic peptide

aPrevious positive