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Table 1 Summary of laboratory investigations

From: Dengue fever in a kidney transplant recipient with complicated clinical course: a case report

Test

Units

Reference

Pre-illness

Most abnormal

Day#

Discharge

Follow up

Potassium

umol/L

3.5–5.1

4.1

6.3

2

3.3

4.0

CRP

umol/L

< 6

< 6

> 192*

2

6

< 6

ESR

mm/hour

< 20

24

128

2

60

12

Albumin

mg/dL

35–50

4.0

2.8

7

3.9

4.7

ALT

IU

< 40

27

116

10

67

28

AST

IU

< 40

40

267

10

160

39

  1. ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase, CRP C-reactive protein, ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate, Day# number of days after admission to the hospital, Pre-illness the most recent value before contracting the illness, Follow up is after 84 days, *CRP was measured using dilution method, and levels more than 32 times dilution expressed as > 192