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Table 1 Laboratory examinations

From: Late prosthetic valve endocarditis with Mycobacterium tuberculosis after the Bentall procedure

Clinical parameters

Reference range

On admission

Postoperative

RBC (× 1012/L)

4.3–5.8

2.55

3.47

WBC (× 109/L)

3.5–9.5

4.36

5.99

Neutrophil (%)

40–75

80.9

48.3

Haemoglobin (g/L)

130–175

71

105

Platelet (× 109/L)

125–350

126

180

INR

0.92–1.15

1.23

1.54

ESR (mm/h)

≤ 15

14

30

CRP (mg/L)

< 8.2

43.1

PCT (ng/mL)

≤ 0.05

0.38

0.19

BUN (mmol/L)

2.5–7.0

23.1

8.16

Creatinine (μmol/L)

50–130

343

140

ALT (U/L)

9–50

29

9

AST (U/L)

15–40

36

22

Albumin (g/L)

40–55

30

43.7

  1. RBC red blood cell, WBC white blood cell, INR international normalized ratio, ESR erythrocyte sedimentation rate, CRP C-reactive protein, PCT procalcitonin, BNP brain natriuretic peptide, BUN blood urea nitrogen, ALT alanine aminotransferase, AST aspartate aminotransferase