Volume 4, Number 1—March 1998
Dispatch
Hantavirus Infection in Children in Argentina
Table 2
Laboratory results and clinical features of children with hantavirus infection, Argentina, 1995–1997
Case |
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Tests and features | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
Leukocytes (/mm3) | 9,200 | 27,000 | 12,800 | 10,600 | 69,200 |
Hematocrit (%) | 44 | 66 | 43 | 55 | 53 |
Thrombocytes (/mm3) | NDa | 266,000 | 200,000 | 97,000 | ND |
Sedimentation rate (mm/hr) | ND | 4 | 28 | 8 | 1 |
GOT/GPTb | ND | Increased | Increased | Increased | Increased (mild) |
Chest X-ray | HIc | DIId | DII | DII | DII |
Respiratory symptoms | None | Distress | Slight dyspnea | Tachypnea, clinical and X-ray disassociation, hypoventilation | Acute respiratory insufficiency |
aND: Not done.
bGOT/GPT: Glutamic oxalacetic transaminase/Glutamic pyruvic transaminase.
cHI: Hilar indistinctness.
dDII: Diffuse interstitial infiltrate.