Case Report
Hepatobiliary Brucellosis: Brucella Bacteremia Presenting with Refractory Hepatobiliary Infection
Table 1
Initial laboratory findings.
| Variables | Laboratory studies on day 1 (24.11.2022) | Reference range |
| Hemoglobin | 7.3 | 11.8-16 g/dL | Hematocrit | 22.9 | 36-47% | Platelets | 55 | 150-400 10^3/ul | White blood cell count | 1.8 | 4-11 10^3/ul | INR | 1.86 | 0.8-1.2 | Prothrombin time | 24.1 | 11-13 sec | APTT, plasma | 79.3 | 25-40 sec | LDH | 1484 | 135-225 U/L | D-dimer | 2.58 | <0.5 UG/ML | Fibrinogen | 43 | 200-400 mg/dL | Sodium | 142 | 130-145 mmol/L | Potassium | 2.93 | 3.5-5.4 mmol/L | Chloride | 83 | 93-110 mmol/L | Phosphate | 2.0 | 2.4-4.5 mg/dL | Bicarbonate | 20 | 20-30 mmol/L | Blood urea nitrogen | 9 | 5-25 mg/dL | Creatinine | 0.54 | 0.5-1 mg/dL | Alanine transaminase | 142 | 0-50 UL | Aspartate transaminase | 430 | 0-50 UL | Gamma-glutamyl transferase | 101 | 5-36 UL | Total bilirubin | 4.5 | 0-1.5 mg/dL | CRP | 4.78 | <0.3 mg/dL |
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