Unusual Radiographic Presentation of Pneumocystis Pneumonia in a Patient with AIDS

Table 1

Initial laboratory studies.

Lab name	Value at outside hospital (4 days prior to admission)	Value on admission to our hospital (day 0)	Reference range
WBC (k/uL)	7.0	6.2	3.9–11.7
Neutrophils (%)	—	63	44–68
Lymphocytes (%)	—	19	25–44
Monocytes (%)	—	13	0–7
Eosinophils (%)	—	3	0–4
Bands (%)	12	0	0
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	10.3	10.1	13.3–17.7
Glucose (mg/dL)	293	71	70–199
Creatinine (mg/dL)	2.4	1.7	0.70–1.30
Troponin (ng/mL)	—	<0.04	<0.04
Lactate (mmol/L)	4.7	1.7	0.5–2.2
Lactate dehydrogenase (u/L)	—	385	100–190
Beta-D-glucan (pg/mL)	—	398	<60 negative
			61–79 indeterminate
			>80 positive
Cryptococcal antigen	—	Negative	Negative
Coccidioides antibody (complement fixation)	—	<1 : 2, Negative	Negative
Coccidioides antibody (immunodiffusion)	—	Negative	Negative
CD4+ T-cells (cells/uL)	—	15	420–1250
HIV viral load (copies/mL)	—	178,887	0