A Case of Pulmonary-Renal Syndrome Leading to the Diagnosis of Legionnaires’ Disease

Table 1

Changes in laboratory values during the clinical course of two hospitalizations.

	1st admission Day 0	Day 3	Day 7	2nd admission Day 8	Day 13	Day 22	Reference values
WBC (K/μL)	4230	5640	11910	14790	14600	4600	3.8–10.5
Ht/Hb (%, gr/dL)	33.3/11.6	27.8/9.8	29.5/10	29.8/10.36	30.8/10.4	36/12	40–52/14–18
PLTs (K/μL)	147000	155000	303000	338000	245000	80000	150–450.000
SGOT/AST (U/L)	80	82		18	8	6	10–37
SGPT/ALT (U/L)	44	33		30	25	28	10–45
LDH (U/L)	455	481		359	375	240	<248
CPK (U/L)	656	251		34	50	25	<170
ALP (U/L)	30			31	45	49	30–120
γGT/GTT (U/L)	25			33	34	32	<55
Total proteins/albumin (gr/dL)	5.5/2.7			5.7/2.8	6.3/3.1	6.7/3.5	6.6–8.3/3.5–5.2
Urea (mg/dL)	57	91	175	165	184	133	10–43
Creatinine (mg/dL)	1.23	2.52	4.72	3.42	3.84	1.87	0.81–1.2
Potassium (mEq/L)	3.8	3.4	3.5	3.9	4.1	4.2
Sodium (mEq/L)	128	137	147	140	143	141	136–145
Calcium (mg/dL)		7.9		7.8	7.2	8.3
Phosphorus (mg/dL)				5	5.2	3.6
ESR (mm/h)	44			44			<20
CRP (mg/dL)		5.02		4.57	1.47	0.50	<0.5