Table 1.
Laboratory findings at admission and after antibiotic treatment. WBC: White blood cells; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; LDH: lactic dehydrogenase; eGFR: estimated glomerular filtration rate; CRP: C-reactive protein; ESR: erythrosedimentation rate.
| Patient 1 | Patient 2 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laboratory findings, unit (reference range) | Admission | End of therapy | Admission | End of therapy |
| WBC, cells/mmc (4000–10,000) | 14,500 | 4200 | 13,200 | 3700 |
| Neutrophils, % (40–75) | 82.3 | 48.3 | 88.2 | 58.5 |
| Lymphocytes, % (25–50) | 12.6 | 42.9 | 6.1 | 28 |
| Monocytes, % (2–10) | 4.7 | 7.1 | 3.3 | 5.5 |
| Platelets, cells/mmc ×103 (150–400) | 114 | 118 | 24 | 46 |
| Haemoglobin, g/dL (12–16) | 8.2 | 9.1 | 7.9 | 8.2 |
| AST, UI/L (15–35) | 17 | 45 | 14 | 31 |
| ALT, UI/L (15–35) | 6 | 16 | 9 | 45 |
| LDH, UI/L (80–250) | 174 | 184 | 431 | 142 |
| Creatinine, mg/dL (0.8–1.2) | 1.98 | 1.74 | 1.78 | 0.65 |
| e-GFR EPI-CKD | 24.1 | 28.2 | 45.4 | 118.3 |
| CRP, mg/dL (0–0.5) | 13.07 | 0.51 | 6.44 | 0.65 |
| ESR, mm/h (0–10) | 123 | 63 | 35 | 6 |
| Procalcitonin, ng/mL (<0.05) | 4 | 0.07 | 8.67 | 0.12 |
| D-dimer, ng/mL (<250) | 1207 | 763 | 1715 | 644 |