Extreme Procalcitonin Elevation without Proven Bacterial Infection Related to Amphetamine Abuse

Table 1

Blood chemistry results and their kinetics during stay in intensive care unit.

	Reference range	Day 1	Day 2	Day 4	Day 6	Day 10
PCT (ng/mL)	<0.5	1432	1640	1007	170.6	15.18
CRP (mg/L)	<5	8.5	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a
WCC (cells/𝜇L)	3700–9500	22690	18160	13960	11250	15950
PLT (cells/𝜇L)	143000–332000	340000	204000	120000	115000	405000
INR		1.33	1.61	1.22	n.a.	n/a
LDH (U/L)	<530	2010	4754	7240	5150	n/a
GOT (U/L)	<37	651	2016	4207	1442	n/a
GPT (U/L)	<40	144	384	2016	463	n/a
CK (U/L)	<195	42960	125500	92700	20580	1325
Trop-T (𝜇g/mL)	<0.04	0.117	0.192	n/a	n/a	n/a

PCT: procalcitonin; CRP: C-reactive protein; WCC: white cell count; PLT: platelet count; INR: international normalised ratio; LDH: lactate dehydrogenase; GOT: glutamic oxaloacetic transaminase; GPT: glutamic pyruvic transaminase; CK: creatine kinase; Trop-T: troponin-T.