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Table 1 Selected laboratory results from day 0 until day 2 of a patient with C. canimorsus sepsis. The results resemble laboratory findings in patients with severe Covid-19 disease, including thrombocytopenia, lymphocytopenia as well as elevated CRP, creatinine, AST, D-dimer, LDH, Interleukin-6, procalcitonin and ferritin

From: Fatal septic shock due to Capnocytophaga canimorsus bacteremia masquerading as COVID-19 pneumonia - a case report

Parameter

Unit

Normal range

day 0 10:30

day 0

16:00

day 1

05:00

day 2

05:00

D-dimer

[mg/l FEU]

< 0.5

n.a.

11.24

67.36

88.47

Platelets

10^3/μl

150–350

249

69

25

13

WBC

10^3/μl

4.0–11.0

6.55

1.14

11.78

14.89

Lymphocytes

%

20–45

3.8

n.a.

n.a.

7

Potassium

mmol/l

3.5–4.6

3.6

4.2

5.2

6.9

Lactate

mmol/l

< 2.0

n.a.

6.7

15.1

> 17

Creatinine

mg/dl

0.7–1.2

3.36

3.76

2.73

1.73

Urea

mg/dl

8–26

104

53

40

21

Albumin

g/dl

3.4–5.0

n.a.

2.7

1.6

1.7

AST

U/l

<=35

40

55

3006

5797

CRP

mg/l

<=5.0

15.3

230.4

259.5

278.8

Ferritin

μg/l

22–275

n.a.

n.a.

26,301

> 40,000

LDH

U/l

125–250

235

n.a.

5559

6815

Procalcitonin

μg/l

< 0.07

n.a.

89.7

85.3

69.2

NT-proBNP

ng/l

< 125

n.a.

7102.3

16,279.5

11,204.1

Interleukin-6

pg/ml

< 7.0

n.a.

> 50,000

> 50,000

6563.0

  1. AST Aspartate aminotransferase, CRP C-reactive protein, LDH Lactate dehydrogenase, NT-proBNP N-terminal-proB-type Natriuretic Peptide, WBC White blood cell count, n.a. Not available