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Table 1 Results of Laboratory Examinations

From: Noma in a boy with septic shock: a case report

Type of test

Patient’s value

Normal range

white blood cell count

14.86 × 109/L

(4–10) 109/L

neutrophil ratio

94.5%

(50–70)%

level of C reactive protein

>  160 mg/L

<8 mg/L

procalcitonin

>  100 ng/ml

<0.5 ng/ml

glucose

2.2 mmol/L

3.6–6.1 mmol/L

alanine aminotransferase

76 u/L

21–72 u/L

aspartate aminotransferase

113 u/L

17–59 u/L

albumin

27.6 g/L

35–50 g/L

prothrombin time

24.3 s

9–13 s

activated partial thromboplastin time

55.6 s

26–39 s

fibrinogen degradation product

52.64 mg/L

0–5 mg/L

CMV-DNA amplification

<  1 * 103 copy numbers/ml

NA

(1–3)-β-D Glucan, Fungus(G test)a

101 pg/ml

<10 pg/ml

endotoxin

<  5 pg/ml

<  10 pg/ml

Human Immunodeficiency Virus

negative

NA

cold agglutinin test

1:128

1:32

mycoplasma pneumoniae antibody

positive

NA

  1. a The G test measures the cell wall composition of the fungus