Table 1 Summary of laboratory test results
From: Fatal Mycobacterium avium meningitis in an HIV-negative Vietnamese man: a case report
Laboratory test results | Day of illness | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
6a | 9a | 14b | 16b | 19b | |
Complete blood count | |||||
White blood cell (K/μL) | 12.3 | 20 | 26.44 | 20.87 | 20.43 |
Neutrophils (%) | 75 | 92.6 | 92.3 | 85.5 | 86.5 |
Lymphocytes (%) | – | – | 1.9 | 5.5 | 4.2 |
Monocytes (%) | – | – | 3.7 | 7.2 | 8 |
Eosinophils (%) | – | – | 1.7 | 1.1 | 0.2 |
Red blood cell (M/μL) | – | – | 4.17 | 4.41 | 4.31 |
Hemoglobin (g/dL) | – | – | 13.3 | 14.1 | 13.3 |
Hematocrit (%) | – | – | 37.9 | 42 | 41.4 |
Platelets (K/μL) | – | – | 534 | 613 | 569 |
Electrolytes | |||||
Sodium (mmol/L) | – | – | 106 | 120 | 123 |
Potassium (mmol/L) | – | – | 4.61 | 3.75 | 3.78 |
Chloride (mmol/L) | – | – | 75 | 86 | 93 |
Creatinine (umol/L) | – | – | 45 | – | – |
Glucose mmol/L | – | – | 6.35 | – | – |
AST (GOT) (U/L) | – | – | 16.6 | – | 17 |
ALT (GPT) (U/L) | – | – | 28.5 | – | 28 |
HIV Ag/Ab combo | – | – | Negative | – | – |
CSF parameters | |||||
Turbidity | Cloudy | Mild cloudy | Mild cloudy | Cloudy | – |
Leukocyte (cells/μL) | 1615 | 521 | 22,518 | 2929 | – |
Red blood cell (cells/μL) | – | – | 2000 | 0 | – |
Neutrophils (%) | 65 | 40 | 81 | 77 | – |
Lymphocytes (%) | 30 | 55 | 19 | 23 | – |
Total protein (g/L) | 1.54 | 1.38 | 1.72 | 2.207 | – |
CSF glucose (mmol/L) | 1.49 | 3.9 | 0.85 | 1.91 | – |
Blood glucose at the same time (mmol/L) | 5.9 | 13.6 | 6.35 | 5.82 | – |
Lactate (mmol/L) | 5.62 | 4.74 | 8.56 | 5.28 | – |