Case Report
Tuberculous Pyomyositis: A Rare but Serious Diagnosis
Table 1
Laboratory values at presentation to the outside hospital and at presentation to our hospital.
| | Laboratory values | Presentation to OSH | Presentation to our hospital |
| | Sodium (136–146 mMol/L) | 122 | 133 | | Potassium (3.5–5 mMol/L) | 4.1 | 4.3 | | Chloride (98–107 mMol/L) | 80 | 93 | |
Bicarbonate (21–31 mMol/L) | 33.3 | 31 | | BUN (8–26 mg/dL) | 16 | 12 | | Creatinine (0.5–1.4 mg/dL) | 0.79 | 0.8 | | Total protein (6.3–7.7 g/dL) | 5.6 | 4.7 | | Albumin (3.4–5 g/dL) | 2.4 | 2 | | Calcium (8.4–10.2 mg/dL) | 8.2 | | | Total bilirubin (0.3–1.5 mg/dL) | 0.8 | 0.5 | | AST (15–41 IU/L) | 26 | 28 | | ALT (14–52 IU/L) | 36 | 23 | | Alkaline phosphatase (38–126 IU/L) | 120 | 101 | | WBC (3.8–10.6 × 109/L) | 22,300 | 12,100 | | Hemoglobin (11.6–14.6 g/dL) | 12.4 | 10.3 | | MCV (82.6–97.4 fL) | 86.2 | 85.3 | | Platelets (156–359 × 109/L) | 406 | 295 | | ESR (0–40 mm/hr) | | 39 | | CRP (<0.748 mg/dL) | | 15.7 | | INR (0.8–1.2) | | 1.1 |
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