Fatal Invasive Cryptococcal Infection in an HIV-Negative Elderly Patient with Decompensated Hepatic Cirrhosis

Table 1

Laboratory data on admission.

CBC		Hepatic
WBC (3000-8500) /µL	9200	CRP (0-0.29) mg/dL	9.68
Hb (11-16) g/dL	7.2	AST (13-37) U/L	58
MCV (83-100) fL	119	ALT (8-45) U/L	32
PLTs (150K-360K)/µL	57K	LDH (122-228) U/L	362
Hemostatic		ChE (206-477) U/L	25
PT (80-100)%	26.2	g-GTP (8-33) U/L	23
PT-INR (0.9-1.1)	2.24	T. bil (0.3-1.3) mg/dL	6.68
APTT sec	60.2	D. bil (0.1-0.3) mg/dL	4.70
APTT-control sec	28.1	Total protein (6.7-8.3) g/dL	4.4
Fibg (200-400) mg/dL	88	Albumin (4.1-5.2) g/dL	1.9
FDP (0.0-2.5) µg/mL	16.8	Ammonia (20-70) µg/dL	173
D-dimer (0.0-1.0) µg/mL	10.2	Hyaluronic acid (0-50) ng/mL	41,112
		Type IV collagen (0-140) ng/mL	872
Renal & Electrolytes		Ceruloplasmin (21-37) mg/dL	14.1
BUN (7.8-18.9) mg/dL	48.7	Viral studies
Cre (0.45-0.82) mg/dL	3.97	HBs-Ag/HBs-Ab	neg/pos
eGFR	9	HBc-Ab	pos (59.6)
UA (2.5-5.8) mg/dL	4.1	HCV-Ab	neg
Na/ K/ Cl mmolL/L	141/ 5.2/ 105	HCV-core protein	<3
Immunological		HIV	neg
IgG (820-1740) mg/dL	851	HTLV-1	neg
IgA (90-400) mg/dL	424	Pleural fluid
IgM (52-270) mg/dL	21	Cell counts; /µL	272
C3 (80-140) mg/dL	44	Differential; mono %/ poly %	57.7/42.3
C4 (11-34) mg/dL	11.6	Protein; g/dL	2.4
CH50 (30-45) U/mL	15	ADA (40-50) U/L	17.1

Abbreviations for Table 1.
WBC=white blood cell count, Hb=hemoglobin, MCV=mean corpuscular volume, PLTs=platelet counts, PT=prothrombin time, APTT=activated partial thromboplastin time, Fibg=fibrinogen, FDP=fibrin degradation product, BUN=blood urea nitrogen, Cre=creatinine, eGFR= estimated glomerular filtration rate, UA=uric acid, Ig=immunoglobulin, CH50=50% hemolytic unit of complement, C3=complement 3, C4=complement 4, CRP=C-reactive protein, AST=aspartate aminotransferase, ALT=alanine aminotransferase, LDH=lactate dehydrogenase, ChE=choline esterase, g-GTP=gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase, T. bil=total bilirubin, D. bil=direct bilirubin, HB=hepatitis B virus, Ag=antigen, Ab=antibody, HCV=hepatitis C virus, HIV=human immunodeficiency virus, HTLV-1= Human T-cell leukemia virus type 1, ADA=adenosine deaminase.