Differential diagnosis of atypical encephalopathy in critical care: a case report

BMC Infectious Diseases

Table 1 The body temperature, blood and biochemical reports and the cerebrospinal fluid study reports of the patient during the admission course

	(Normal range)	Day-1	Day-5	Day-9	Day-14	Day-18	Day-24
Body temperature	(35–37 °C)	37.2	38.0	37.7	39.0	37.0	36.9
Blood test
Arterial blood gas
PH	7.31–7.41	7.31	7.44	7.42	7.43	7.44	7.45
PaCO2	41–51 mmHg	26.0	37.1	38.2	41.4	32.2	37.1
PaO2	80–100 mmHg	62.3	87.1	153.5	157.6	105.1	142.0
HCO3	22–26 mmol/L	11.3	24.7	24.3	26.9	21.4	25.1
SaO2	95–100%	87.7	96.4	99.4	99.4	98.2	99.3
Hemoglobin	12–16 g/dL	13.1	13.4	10.5	11.4	10.5	10.5
Platelet	150–400*10³/μL	345.0	343.0	276.0	467.0	403.0	342.0
WBC	3.5–11*10³/μL	22.84	22.88	14.03	16.85	20.35	10.43
Differential count
Band	0–3%	5.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.0
Neutrophil	40–75%	89.0	78.0	93.0	87.0	92.0	73.1
Lymphocyte	20–45%	3.0	14.0	6.0	9.7	4.0	18.6
Monocyte	2–10%	0.0	0.0	1.0	3.2	1.0	7.2
Eosinophil	1–6%	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9
Basophil	0–1%	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2
Metamyelocyte	0%	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Lactate	0.4–2 mmol/L	2.2
Osmolarity	275–290 mOsm/Kg	346.0
Ketone body	< 0.6 mmol/L	3.9
Blood urea nitrogen	7–18 mg/dL	52.0	47.0	45.0	38.0	42.0	20.0
Creatinine	0.55–1.02 mg/dL	3.0	1.4	1.4	1.2	1.2	0.8
C-reactive protein	0–0.33 mg/dL	27.60				5.18	0.12
Cerebrospinal fluid
Total protein	15–45 mg/dL			137.4		73.0
Sugar	40–70 mg/dL			45.0		45.0
Lactate	0.6–2.2 mmol/L			4.3		2.6
Red cell count	0–5/μL			158.0		45.0
White cell count	0–5/μL			2.0		9.0
Differential count
Neutrophil	0–2%			50.0		95.0
Lymphocyte	63–99%			44.0		5.0
Monocyte	3–37%			6.0		0.0

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