Volume 10, Number 9—September 2004
Research
Outbreak of Hantavirus Pulmonary Syndrome, Los Santos, Panama, 1999–2000
Vicente Bayard*†, Paul T. Kitsutani‡
, Eduardo O. Barria*, Luis A. Ruedas§, David S. Tinnin¶, Carlos Muñoz#, Itza B. de Mosca#, Gladys Guerrero**, Rudick Kant††, Arsenio Garcia*, Lorenzo Caceres*, Fernando G. Gracia*, Evelia Quiroz*, Zoila de Castillo*, Blas Armien*, Marlo Libel††, James N. Mills‡, Ali S. Khan‡, Stuart T. Nichol‡, Pierre E. Rollin‡, Thomas G. Ksiazek‡, and Clarence J. Peters
, Eduardo O. Barria*, Luis A. Ruedas§, David S. Tinnin¶, Carlos Muñoz#, Itza B. de Mosca#, Gladys Guerrero**, Rudick Kant††, Arsenio Garcia*, Lorenzo Caceres*, Fernando G. Gracia*, Evelia Quiroz*, Zoila de Castillo*, Blas Armien*, Marlo Libel††, James N. Mills‡, Ali S. Khan‡, Stuart T. Nichol‡, Pierre E. Rollin‡, Thomas G. Ksiazek‡, and Clarence J. PetersTable 3
Laboratory values of confirmed HPS patients on admission and during hospitalizationa
| Test | No. of cases | Median value (admission) | Range | No. of cases | Median maximum value (admission + hospitalization) | Range | Median minimum value (admission + hospitalization) | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leukocyte count (x1,000/mm3) | 7 | 6.4 | 3.6–14.1 | 9 | 11.4 | 5.7–28.1 | ||
| Hematocrit (%) | 7 | 39.7 | 35.1–44.2 | 9 | 41.0 | 31.4–52.4 | ||
| Platelet (x1,000/mm3) | 7 | 84 | 47–186 | 9 | 60 | 26–429 | ||
| BUN (mg/dL) | 2 | 7 | 5–9 | 8 | 26 | 1–56 | ||
| Creatinine (mg/dL) | 3 | 0.8 | 0.6–1.0 | 8 | 2.2 | 1.0–3.3 | ||
| CPK (IU/L) | 6 | 240 | 38–12,840 | |||||
| LDH (U/L) | 1 | 219 | 219b | 7 | 1028 | 32–3,775 | ||
| Albumin (g/dL) | 7 | 2.5 | 1.2–3.2 | |||||
| AST (U/L) | 2 | 42 | 40–43 | 7 | 223 | 46–983 | ||
| ALT (U/L) | 2 | 33 | 31–35 | 7 | 168 | 32–570 | ||
| Bilirubin, total (mg/dL) | 7 | 1.1 | 0.8–8.0 | |||||
| Bilirubin, direct (mg/dL) | 7 | 0.6 | 0.1–6.5 | |||||
| Amylase (U/L) | 6 | 74 | 38–437 | |||||
| PT (s) | 1 | 11.7 | 11.7–11.7 | 4 | 13.7 | 11.3–22.0 | ||
| PTT (s) | 1 | 31.2 | 31.2b | 4 | 28 | 27–167 | ||
| Urine leukocyte count (/hpf) | 5 | 9 | 6–35 | 9 | 8 | 1–35 | ||
| Urine erythrocyte count (/hpf) | 4 | 12 | 4–25 | 9 | 10 | 1–35 |
aHPS, hantavirus pulmonary syndrome; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; CPK, creatinine phosphokinase; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; PT, prothrombin time; PTT, partial thromboplastin time; hpf, high power field.
bThere was only one case for this laboratory category.
