Table 1 Significant investigations done throughout admission
From: Human herpesvirus-6 infection in a critically ill and immunocompetent patient: a case report
Biochemistry | Days of admission | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 18 | 21 | 28 | |
Procalcitonin (µg/L) | 62.2 | 28.6 | 94.2 | 14.4 | 0.88 | NA | NA | NA |
CRP (mg/L) | 86.1 | 56.6 | 13.5 | 10.8 | 7.1 | NA | 11.4 | NA |
Ferritin (µg/L) | NA | 98,870 | NA | 7410 | NA | NA | 590 | NA |
Hematology | ||||||||
 Hemoglobin (d/L) | 9.9 | 9.9 | 9.0 | 7.1 | 9.1 | 10.9 | 10.1 | 10.9 |
 WBC count (× 109/L) | 1.01 | 1.02 | 23.51 | 22.38 | 9.02 | 5.67 | 8.21 | 8.44 |
  Neutrophil (× 109/L) | 0.56 | 0.40 | 25.50 | 15.33 | 8.28 | 4.09 | 6.99 | 5.93 |
  Lymphocyte (× 109/L) | 0.26 | 0.52 | 18.95 | 1.52 | 0.49 | 0.84 | 0.81 | 1.98 |
 Platelets (× 109/L) | 60 | 52 | 34 | 29 | 272 | 232 | 146 | 223 |
Coagulation | ||||||||
 PT (s) | NA | 16.5 | 11.9 | 11.4 | NA | 11.3 | 11.1 | 10.6 |
 aPTT (s) | NA | 118.4 | 37.3 | 27.3 | 26.6 | 30.9 | 33.5 | 29.0 |
 INR | NA | 1.64 | 1.12 | 1.09 | NA | 1.08 | 1.06 | 1.01 |
Virology | ||||||||
 Cytomegalovirus (CMV, IU/mL) | NA | 120 (2.08 log) | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
 HHV-6 PCR (copies/mL) | NA | NA | 4,805,000 (6.68 log) | NA | 63,425 (4.80 log) | 43,000 (4.63 log) | 96,825 (4.99 log) | 42,400 (4.63 log) |