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Volume 29, Number 1—January 2023
Dispatch

Clinical Forms of Japanese Spotted Fever from Case-Series Study, Zigui County, Hubei Province, China, 2021

Zhongqiu Teng1, Ping Gong1, Wen Wang, Na Zhao, Xiaojing Jin, Xiangrong Sun, Haijian Zhou, Junlin Lu, Xuebing Lin, Bohai Wen, Biao Kan, Jianguo Xu, and Tian QinComments to Author 
Author affiliations: State Key Laboratory of Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Beijing, China (Z. Teng, W. Wang, N. Zhao, X. Jin, H. Zhou, B. Kan, J. Xu, T. Qin); National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing (Z. Teng, W. Wang, N. Zhao, X. Jin, H. Zhou, B. Kan, J. Xu, T. Qin); Zigui People's Hospital, Yichang, China (P. Gong, J. Lu, X. Lin); Nanchang Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nanchang, China (X. Sun); Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing (B. Wen)

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Table 2

Laboratory findings of the patients with Rickettsia japonica infection, Zigui County, Hubei Province, China*

Laboratory findings* Reference value Case 1 Case 2 Case 3 Case 4 Case 5
Leukocyte, × 109 cells/L 4.0–10.0 9.09 3.50 7.78 8.45 9.15
Hemoglobin, g/L 110–150 (F), 120–160 (M) 109 130 127 105 115
Platelets, × 109/L 100–300 45 99 72 110 82
Lymphocytes, × 109 cells/L 0.8–3.5 0.52 0.72 0.91 2.29 0.64
Neutrophils, × 109 cells/L 1.8–6.3 8.11 2.55 5.80 5.80 7.90
CRP, mg/L 0.8–8.0 199.53 72.8 77.00 72.00 111.72
PCT, μg/L <0.5 5.64 0.38 2.14 0.4 0.54
D-dimer, μg/mL 0–0.5 4.200 2.081 2.160 1.090 1.080
TBil, mg/L 3–13 38.0 12 12 9.3 11
DBil, mg/l 0–2.5 24.0 2.0 3.4 2.7 2.0
TBA, μmol/L <10 43.1 3.9 8.6 4.8 4.9
TP, g/L 60–80 48.7 62.9 52.3 58.2 65
Albumin, g/L 35–55 23.8 36.2 30.6 35.6 35.9
A/G 1.5–2.5 1.0 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.2
ALT, U/L 0–35 21 69 177 167 16
AST, U/L 0–40 114 88 167 111 29
BUN, mmol/L 2.9–7.5 7.81 3.81 10.80 2.38 7.54
Creatinine, mg/L 40–100 (F), 50–110 (M), 93.2 84.9 74.1 58.2 83.9
Uric acid, μmol/L 150–357 (F), 200–416 (M) 378 301 259 182 210
LDH, U/L 100–300 587 412 403 433 368
Creatine kinase, U/L 18–198 257 186 51 48 125
α-HBDH, U/L 90–220 401 294 254 317 323
Sodium, mmol/L 135–145 137.7 141.9 132.9 131.4 136.5

*α-HBDH, α-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase; A/G, albumin/globulin ratio; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; BUN, blood urea nitrogen; CRP, C-reactive protein; DBil, direct bilirubin; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; TBA, total bile acids; TBil, total bilirubin; TP, total protein.

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1These authors contributed equally to this article.

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