Table 1 Laboratory clinical chemistry results of a fatal case of methicillin-sensitive Staphylococcus aureus producing PVL gene in Trinidad and Tobago

WBC

3.2

1.5

4-11 × 10⁹/L

Hemoglobin

11.2

2.3

11.5 -13.5 g/dL

HCT

30.7

23.8

40-45%

ESR

NT

89

0-15 mm/L

Platelet

148

81

150 -400 × 10⁹/L

Calcium

7.6

7.5

8.4-11.5 mg/dL

Chloride

103

110

92-118 mmol/L

Creatinine

0.9

1.9

0.2- 1.7 mg/dL

CRP

15

90

0-10 mg/dL

Potassium

3.8

7

3.6-5.8 mmol/L

Sodium

138

140

130-148 mmol/L

BUN

13

40

4-24 mg/dL

Uric acid

5.6

13

2.5- 9.0 mg/dL

Phosphorus

4.3

15.1

2.5- 6.5 mg/dL

ALT

34

1211

4- 48U/L

ALP

215

241

38-151U/L

Total Protein

4.9

4.4

6.3-8.6 g/dL