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Table 1 Laboratory tests on admission

From: Native valve endocarditis due to Escherichia coli infection: a case report and review of the literature

Hematology

 

Normal range

 White blood cellsa

11,400/mm3

3300–8600/mm3

 Red blood cells

422 × 104/mm3

386–492 × 104/mm3

 Hemoglobin

13.2 g/dL

11.6–14.8 g/dL

 Hematocrit

41.2%

35.1–44.4%

 Platelets

19.8 × 104/mm3

15.8–34.8 × 104/mm3

Biochemistry

 Total proteina

5.5 g/dL

6.6–8.1 g/dL

 Albumina

2.8 g/dL

4.1–5.1 g/dL

 Total bilirubin

0.9 mg/dL

0.4–1.5 mg/dL

 ASTa

242 U/L

13–30 U/L

 ALTa

127 U/L

7–23 U/L

 LDHa

274 U/L

124–222 U/L

 γ-GTPa

679 U/L

9–32 U/L

 CPK

43 U/L

41–153 U/L

 Amylase

45 U/L

44–132 U/L

 Blood urea nitrogena

38 mg/dL

8–20 mg/dL

 Creatininea

1.24 mg/dL

0.46–0.79 mg/dL

 Uric acida

9.0 mg/dL

2.6–5.5 mg/dL

 Sodium

141 mEq/L

138–145 mEq/L

 Potassiuma

2.5 mEq/L

3.6–4.8 mEq/L

 Chloride

102 mE/L

101–108 mEq/L

 Glucose

102 mg/dL

73–109 mg/dL

 Hemoglobin A1c

5.5%

< 5.8%

 C-reactive proteina

22.5 mg/dL

< 0.15 mg/dL

 BNPa

112.6 pg/mL

< 18.5 pg/mL

Blood coagulation tests

 PT-INR

1.02

0.85–1.15

Serology

 HBsAg

Negative

Negative

 HCV-RNA

Negative

Negative

 Anti-HAV IgM Ab

Negative

Negative

 Anti-HIV Ab

Negative

Negative

  1. Abbreviations: AST aspartate aminotransferase, ALT alanine aminotransferase, LDH lactate dehydrogenase, γ-GTP gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase, CPK creatine phosphokinase, BNP brain natriuretic peptide, PT-INR international normalized ratio of prothrombin time, HBsAg surface antigen of hepatitis B virus, HCV-RNA ribonucleic acid of hepatitis C virus, Anti-HAV IgM Ab anti-hepatitis A virus immunoglobulin M antibody, Anti-HIV Ab anti-human immunodeficiency virus antibody
  2. aThese values are outside the normal ranges