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Table 3 Laboratory findings of 185 inpatients with culture confirmed herpetic gingivostomatitis

From: Clinical features of gingivostomatitis due to primary infection of herpes simplex virus in children

Laboratory data

Total

Late Diagnosis

Early Diagnosis

Other Diagnosis

P-value

Case Number

185

74

65

46

 

Hemogram

 WBC count (1000/μL)a

12.44 ± 4.95

13.05 ± 5.35

12.43 ± 4.77

11.46 ± 4.44

0.229

 WBC count-peakb

12.47 ± 4.89

13.12 ± 5.31

12.41 ± 4.65

11.49 ± 4.4

0.209

 WBC count-nadir

10.64 ± 4.01

10.96 ± 3.70

10.98 ± 4.05

9.62 ± 4.34

0.147

  < 5000/μL (No. (%))

6 (3.2)

1 (1.4)

2 (3.1)

3 (6.5)

0.315

  > 15,000/μL (No. (%))

52 (28.1)

23 (31.1)

19 (29.2)

10 (21.7)

0.525

 Platelet (1000/μL)

251.72 ± 73.0

260.57 ± 66.42

253.25 ± 64.26

235.37 ± 91.25

0.181

  < 150,000/μL (No. (%))

10 (5.4)

3 (4.1)

2 (3.1)

5 (10.9)

0.167

  > 450,000/μL (No. (%))

4 (2.2)

1 (1.4)

0

3 (6.5)

0.057

Biochemistry

 CRP (mg/L)a

40.31 ± 37.47

40.00 ± 40.24

35.52 ± 34.68

47.48 ± 36.31

0.256

 CRP-peak (mg/L)b [Range]

41.86 ± 38.15 [1.3–193.09]

40.51 ± 40.01 [2.1–193.09]

37.78 ± 36.73 [1.3–165.97]

49.7 ± 36.7 [1.4–132.7]

0.252

  < 40 mg/L (No. (%))

130 (71.0)

51 (69.9)

48 (75)

31 (67.4)

0.659

  > 100 mg/L (No. (%))

17 (9.3)

8 (11.0)

4 (6.2)

5 (10.9)

0.564

 BUN (mg/dL)

8.8 ± 2.83

9.05 ± 3.09

8.67 ± 2.26

8.61 ± 3.07

0.876

 Cr (mg/dL)

0.14 ± 0.35

0.07 ± 0.25

0.08 ± 0.28

0.31 ± 0.47

0.006

  > 1.0 mg/dL (No. (%))

0

0

0

0

NA

 AST (U/L) [Range]

38.39 ± 42.1 [15–434]

44.18 ± 56.49 [16–434]

32.4 ± 8.72 [17–58]

41.00 ± 40.62 [15–246]

0.369

  > 3-folds normal value (No. (%))

3 (2.6)

2 (3.6)

0

1 (6.2)

0.32

 Sugar (mg/dL)

94.61 ± 33.46

90.07 ± 15.31

89.36 ± 16.84

108.5 ± 58.88

0.06

  Hypoglycemia (< 60) (No. (%))

1 (1.2)

1 (2.5)

0

0

0.603

  1. aFirst laboratory exam on admission
  2. bThe highest or lowest laboratory value during hospitalization
  3. Abbreviations: WBC White blood cell, Hb Hemoglobin, CRP C-reactive protein, BUN Blood urea nitrogen, Cr Creatinine, AST Aspartate aminotransferase