Research Article

A Study of Clinical, Microbiological, and Echocardiographic Profile of Patients of Infective Endocarditis

Table 2

Baseline laboratory investigation values.

ParametersMean ± SDRef. range

Hemoglobin (gm%)9.6 ± 1.0412–15
TLC11.9 ± 4.98 × 1034–11 × 103
ESR (mm 1st hr)25 ± 13.5<10
Neutrophilia79% ± 10.1%<65%
MCV (fL)84 ± 580–96
Blood urea (mg%)60 ± 60.415–40
Iron saturation 17.1 ± 17.9 20–50
Bilirubin (mg%)1.04 ± 1.070.2–1.0
SGOT (IU/L)55 ± 58.515–45
SGPT (IU/L)40 ± 39.815–45
Albumin (gm%)3.3 ± 0.73.5–4.5
Creatinine (mg%)1.77 ± 2.80.5–1.5

TLC = total leucocyte count; ESR = erythrocyte sedimentation rate; MCV = mean corpuscular volume; SGOT = serum glutamate oxaloacetate transferase; SGPT = serum glutamate pyruvate transferase.