Case Report

Acute Alithiasic Cholecystitis and Human Herpes Virus Type-6 Infection: First Case

Table 1

Laboratory tests at admission.

Parameters at admissionValuesReference range

Hematologic values
Hemoglobin 12.1 g/dL11.5–13.5
Hematocrit34.3%34.0–40.0
Mean corpuscular volume 76.2 fL75.0–87.0
Mean corpuscular hemoglobin35.3 g/dL31.0–37.0
Leukocytes10.3 × 103/L5.0–14.5
 Neutrophils6.9 × 103/L1.0–8.5
 Lymphocytes1.8 × 103/L 1.5–8.0
Platelets341 × 103/L200–450
Blood coagulation tests
Activated partial thromboplastin Time34.4 seconds25.0–35.0
Prothrombin time14.0 seconds8.0–14.0
International normalized ratio1.00.1–1.2
Biochemistry
Urea24 mg/dL15–39
Creatinine0.3 mg/dL0.31–0.42
Sodium137 mmol/L136–145
Potassium4.0 mmol/L3.5–5.1
Chlorides103 mmol/L98–107
Amylase26 U/L5–65
Lipase64 U/L73–393
Total bilirubin0.62 mg/dL0.1–1.0
Direct bilirubin ↑0.34 mg/dL0.0–0.2
ALT ↑717 U/L12–78
AST ↑727 U/L<50
GGTP ↑364 U/L4–22
ALP ↑536 U/L<362
CRP ↑55.6 mg/L<3.0
Polymerase chain reaction
HHV-6Positive

2 months laterValuesReference range

HHV-6 Atc IgMNegative <1/20
HHV-6 Atc IgGPositive 1/160<1/80

ALP: alkaline phosphatase; ALT: alanine aminotransferase; AST: aspartate aminotransferase; CRP: C-reactive protein; GGTP: g-glutamyl transferase.