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Volume 9, Number 10—October 2003
Dispatch

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: Lessons from Singapore

Kamaljit Singh*Comments to Author , Li-Yang Hsu†, Jorge S. Villacian†, Abdulrazaq Habib*, Dale Fisher*, and Paul A. Tambyah*
Author affiliations: *National University Hospital, Singapore; †Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

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Table 3

Laboratory data for patients 1 through 7 admitted with severe acute respiratory syndromea

Patient 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Hemoglobin (g/dL) 10.9 12.5 13.4 14.1 12.0 16.3 12.1
Leukocyte count (X10-9/L) 4.52 19.34 5.3 14.65 5.41 9.29 10.14
Lymphocyte count (X10-9/L) 0.78 0.94 0.71 1.02 0.53 0.63 0.21
Platelet count (X10-9/L) 117 149 189 180 176 136 82
ALT (U/L) 55 37 23 22 76 35 210
AST (U/L) 65 108 39 102 121 92 58
CK 290 183 213 86 1,045 124 499
LDH 747 2,513 518b 1,032 2,248 2,015 955
C-reactive protein 5.2 34.0 141.4 27.4 ND ND 7.4
Procalcitonin 0.14 1.45 ND 1.27 ND 15.21 ND

aALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; CK, creatine kinase; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; ND, not done; values in boldface are abnormal.
bNormal value for LDH at this laboratory was <500.

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