Table 1 Patient laboratory values on admission or as indicated

White Blood Cell Count

21 × 10³/mm³

4.5–11.0 × 10³/mm³

Neutrophils

92%

45–75%

Bands

1%

Lymphocytes

2%

16–46%

Monocytes

5%

4–11%

Platelets

164 × 10³/μl; decreased to 100 × 10³/μl by day 2 of hospitalization

130–400 × 10³/μl

Procalcitonin

21.52 ng/ml

0–0.09 ng/ml

C-reactive protein

19.59 mg/dL

0–0.5 mg/dL

Creatinine

0.5 mg/dL

Baseline: 0.34–0.37 mg/dL

Creatine phosphokinase

297 U/L

21–232 U/L

Total Bilirubin

0.4 mg/dL

0–1.0 mg/dL

Alkaline Phosphatase

207

45–115 U/L

AST (Aspartate Aminotransferase)

30 U/L

0–40 U/L

ALT (Alanine Aminotransferase

20 U/L

10–55 U/L

Albumin

4.1 g/dL; decreased to 2.3 g/dL by day 4 of hospitalization

3.1–4.3 g/dL

Prothrombin Time (PT)

16.5 seconds

8.5–12.4 seconds

Fibrinogen

476 mg/dL

200–400 mg/dL