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Table 1 Serum analyses on admission

From: Candida albicans brain abscesses in an injection drug user patient: a case report

Serum analyses

Reference intervals

Haemoglobin

14.6 g/dL

13.0 – 18.0 g/dL

Leucocytes

15.9 x 109 /L

4.0 – 11.0 x 109 /L

Neutrophils

5.18 x 109 /L (32%)

53.8 – 70%

Lymphocytes

9.37 x 109 /L (58%)

22.6 – 36.6%

Platelets

257 x 109 /L

150 – 400 x 109 /L

Lactate dehydrogenase, LDH

207 IU/L

135 – 225 IU/L

Creatine kinase, CK

189 IU/L

10 – 172 IU/L

Myoglobin

1073.4 ng/mL

< 146 ng/mL

Creatinine

15.1 mg/L

8.0 – 13.0 mg/L

Urea

0.41 g/L

0.10 – 0.50 g/L

Calcium

5.0 mEq/L

4.2 – 5.1 mEq/L

Magnesium

1.62 mEq/L

1.55 – 2.05 mEq/L

Sodium

138 mEq/L

135 – 147 mEq/L

Potassium

3.7 mEq/L

3.5 – 5.1 mEq/L

Alanine transaminase, ALT

32 IU/L

10 – 37 IU/L

Aspartate transaminase, AST

38 IU/L

10 – 37 IU/L

Alkaline phosphatase, AP

89 IU/L

30 – 120 IU/L

γ-glutamyltransferase, γ-GT

62 IU/L

10 – 49 IU/L

Bilirubin (Total/ Direct)

5.8 / 2.3 mg/L

< 12 / <4 mg/L

Amylase

116 IU/L

22 – 80 IU/L

Lipase

118 IU/L

7 – 60 IU/L

C - reactive protein, CRP

1.5 mg/L

<3 mg/L

  1. Patient’ serum analyses, including haematology and biochemical values, on admission to the emergency department after a generalized seizure without recovery of mental status. Bold text highlights the values outside the normal range.