Volume 11, Number 3—March 2005
Dispatch
Concomitant Tickborne Encephalitis and Human Granulocytic Ehrlichiosis
Stanka Lotric-Furlan*
, Miroslav Petrovec†, Tatjana Avsic-Zupanc†, and Franc Strle*
, Miroslav Petrovec†, Tatjana Avsic-Zupanc†, and Franc Strle*
Table 1
Hematologic and blood chemistry values
| Variable | Day of illness | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | 9 | 12 | |
| Leukocytes (normal, 4,000–10,000/mm3) | 1,900 | 1,800 | 4,800 |
| Platelets (normal, 150,000–350,000/mm3) | 22,000 | 16,000 | 43,000 |
| Aspartate aminotransferase (normal, 0–36 U/L) | NT* | 49 | 75 |
| Alanine aminotransferase (normal, 0–42 U/L) | NT | 72 | 108 |
| Lactate dehydrogenase (normal, 140–290 U/L) | NT | 499 | 354 |
| C-reactive protein (normal, <5 mg/L) | 277 | 230 | 61 |
| Procalcitonin level (normal, <0.50 µg/L) | NT | 2.6 | 0.13 |
*NT, not tested.
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