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Volume 20, Number 1—January 2014
Dispatch

Increasing Threat of Brucellosis to Low-Risk Persons in Urban Settings, China

Shouyi Chen1, Hao Zhang1, Xiaoning Liu1, Wenjing Wang1, Shuiping Hou, Tingting Li, Shuoxian Zhao, Zhicong Yang, and Chengyao LiComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Guangzhou, China (S. Chen, H. Zhang, X. Liu, S. Hou, Z. Yang); Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China (W. Wang, T. Li, S. Zhao, C. Li)

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Table 1

Clinical and laboratory data on twin patients on admission to the infectious disease hospital

Variables* Patient 1, twin boy Patient 2, twin girl Reference range (children)†
Temperature, °C 38 37.0 36–37
Pulse, beats/min 128 128b 120
Respiratory rate, breaths/min 34 36 30–35
Blood pressure, mmHg 76/42 76/45 80/48
Weight, kg 5.7 5.6
Erythrocyte count, cells/L 4.99 × 1012 4.69 × 1012 3.5–5.5 × 1012
Hemoglobin, g/L 85 89 120–160
Hematocrit, % 26.3 27.5 40–50
Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, mm/h 5 No record <10
Leukocyte count, cells/L 7 × 109 8.51 × 109 4.0–10.0 × 109
Differential count, %
   Neutrophils 18.8 10.7 50–75
   Eosnophils 3 1.1 0.5–5
   Basophiles 0.2 0.3 0–1.0
   Lymphocytes 74.3 83.9 20–40
   Monocytes 3.7 4 3.0–10.0
Platelet count, per L 462 × 109 456 × 109 100–300 × 109
Sodium, mmol/L 103 135.4 135–145
Potassium, mmol/L 33 No record 3.4–4.8
Glucose 6-dehydrogenase, U/L 4,254 1,363 ≥2,500
Lactate dehydrogenase, U/L 356 322 100–380
Alanine aminotransferase, U/L 31 48 5–40
Aspartate aminotransferase, U/L 54 64 5–40
Alkaline phosphatase, U/L 508 642 30–390
Total bilirubin, µmol/L 8.49 5.17 5.10–22.2
Total protein, g/L 51 49 60–68
Albumin, g/L 37 40 35–55
Globulin, g/L 14 9 20–35
C-reactive protein, mg/L 0.2 0.21 0.03–5
Creatine kinase, U/L 49 203 24–194
Creatine kinase-MB, U/L 32 25 0–25
Brucella antibody titer, SAT 400 800 <100
Blood culture B. melitensis B. melitensis
Hepatitis B surface antigen Negative Negative
Antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen, IU/L 6.77 Negative
Hepatitis B e antigen Negative Negative
EBV IgA Negative Negative
Cytomegalovirus IgM Negative Negative
Herpes simplex virus 1, 2 IgM Negative Negative
Influenza virus A + B antigens Negative Negative
Mycoplasma IgM Negative Negative
Chlamydia pneumoniae IgM Negative Negative
Toxoplasma IgM Negative Negative
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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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