Case Report
Virus-Associated Hemophagocytic Syndrome in Renal Transplant Recipients: Report of 2 Cases from a Single Center
Table 1
Changes in laboratory findings of Case 2.
| | Normal range | Readmission | Onset | After 7 days | After 1 month |
| WBC (cells/L) | 4500–8500 | 900 | 5200 | 18800 | 6700 | Hb (g/dL) | 14.0–18.0 | 5.1 | 8.5 | 8.9 | 9.4 | Plt (×104 cells/L) | 13.0–40.0 | 9.6 | 11.6 | 13.4 | 15.3 |
| Cr (mg/dL) | 0.80–1.30 | 1.01 | 2.46 | 2.10 | 0.80 | K (mEq/L) | 3.6–5.0 | 4.2 | 7.1 | 4.8 | 4.0 | AST (IU/L) | 10–40 | 13 | 2128 | 57 | 23 | ALT (IU/L) | 4–44 | 25 | 1606 | 525 | 37 | LDH (IU/L) | 107–245 | 192 | 5256 | 465 | 371 |
| Ferritin (ng/mL) | 16–275 | 270 | 11357 | 704 | 252 | sIL-2R (U/mL) | 145–519 | | 6320 | 4170 | | 2-MG (mg/L) | 0.8–2.5 | | 3.9 | | | IL-6 (pg/mL) | 0–4 | | 9.6 | | | IL-10 (pg/mL) | 0–7.05 | | 18.0 | | | TNF- (pg/mL) | 0–1.79 | | 3.2 | | |
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“Onset” means 8 days after readmission due to rotavirus enteritis. WBC, white blood cells; Hb, hemoglobin; Plt, platelets; Cr, creatinine; K, potassium; AST, alanine aminotransferase; ALT, alanine aminotransferase; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; sIL-2R, soluble interleukin-2 receptor; 2-MG, 2-microglobulin; IL, interleukin; TNF-, tumor necrosis factor-.
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