A suspected case of Clostridium perfringens sepsis with intravascular hemolysis after transhepatic arterial chemoembolization: a case report

Table 1 Summary of the laboratory data

		Normal range	Before procedure	The sixth day after the procedure
Complete blood count
White blood cells	× 10^2/ μL	30–97	40	291
Neutrophils	%	36.6–79.9	70.1	92
Hemoglobin	g/dL	13.1–17.6	9.3	5.1
Platelet counts	× 10^4/ μL	12.4–30.5	11.6	11.4
Biochemistry
Total bilirubin	mg/dL	0.1–1.2	0.7	14
Aspartate aminotransferase	IU/L	12–35	33	1300
Alanine aminotransferase	IU/L	6–40	76	362
Lactate dehydrogenase	IU/L	119–229	235	4523
γ-glutamyl transpeptidase	IU/L	0–48	82	108
Alkaline phosphatase	IU/L	115–359	427	751
Blood-urea-nitrogen	mg/dL	7.4–19.5	32.8	45.9
Creatinine	mg/dL	0.5–1.2	1.35	1.50
Total protein	g/dL	6.4–8.3	6.7	6.0
Albumin	g/dL	3.8–5.2	3.2	2.4
Sodium	mEq/L	135–147	140	132
Potassium	mEq/L	3.4–4.8	4.1	4.7
Ammonia	μg/dL	12–66	102	145
HbA1c	%	4.6–6.2	5.5
Coagulation
PT-INR		0.89–1.12	1.04	1.58
APTT	seconds	23.6–31.3	22.9	44.1
Tumor marker
Alpha-fetoprotein	ng/mL	0–10	36,690
PIVKA-II	mAU/mL	0–39	3743
Serology
Hepatitis B surface antigen			negative
Hepatitis C virus antibody			negative

APTT activated partial thromboplastin time, HbA1c glycated hemoglobin, PIVKA-II protein induced by vitamin K absence-II, PT-INR prothrombin time-international normalized ratio

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