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Table 1 Laboratory results of the patient

From: Acute liver failure complication of brucellosis infection: a case report and review of the literature

Laboratories

Result

Reference value

At presentation

Day 2

Day 3

Day 5

Day 7

Day 8

Hemoglobin

15.2

13.7

11.6

13.1

11.4

11.2

12–16 gr/dl

Hematocrit

43

40

33

38

34

33

36–43%

Platelets

38.700

21.000

37.200

48.200

63.400

80.000

140–440 × 103 × mm3

Leukocytes

32.160

12.160

7.600

6.560

8.370

10.330

4.5–10.5 × 103 × mm3

Neutrophils

19

42

 

31

51

32

35–70%

Lymphocytes

35

49

 

75

35

10

20–45%

INR

2.13

 

1.82

1.41

 

1.15

 

PTT

 

52.1

44.9

39.5

36.8

30.5

Control 30 seconds

Total bilirubin

35

15.9

13.2

10.4

4.4

4.5

0–1 mg/dl

Direct bilirubin

27.5

12.4

11.0

8.5

3.4

3.2

0–0.3 mg/dl

Indirect bilirubin

7.7

2.8

2.2

1.9

0.87

1.30

0–0.7 mg/dl

AST (SGOT)

53

48

65

62

53

45

0–32 UI/ml

ALT (SGPT)

57

56

50

44

62

56

0–31 UI/ml

Alkaline Phosphatase

616

 

665

  

613

35–104 UI/ml

Creatinine

1.05

 

2.3

1.62

1.6

1.3

0.4–1.4 mg/dl

Urea nitrogen

13.9

 

61.9

42.3

41.0

38.5

4.6–23.4 g/dl

Albumin

 

1.9

    

3.4–4.8 gr/dl

Potassium

 

4.6

 

3.97

4.4

 

3.5–4.5 mEq/L

Sodium

 

136

138

135

138

 

135–148 mEq/L

Calcium

 

7.4

    

8.6–10.2 g/dl

Chlorine

 

105

108

   

98–107 mEq/L

DHL

 

459

    

240–480 UI/ml

GGT

 

226

    

5–39 UI/L

Glycemia

  

74

   

70–110 mg/dl

HIV serology

   

Negative

   

Blood cultures

   

Negative

   

Peripheral blood Smear

Microcytosis, mild anisocytosis. White line with lots of reactive lymphocytes. Hypochromia

  1. ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, DHL, GGT gamma-glutamyltransferase, INR international normalized ratio, PTT partial thromboplastin time, SGOT serum glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase, SGPT serum glutamic pyruvic transaminase