16 October 2021: Articles
Difficulties in Diagnosing and Treating Disseminated Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG) Infection After Intravesical BCG Therapy in a Patient with Liver Cirrhosis: A Case Report
Challenging differential diagnosis, Adverse events of drug therapy, Rare coexistence of disease or pathology
Christos Vallilas * , Maria Zachou * , Philippos Dolkiras B , Stratigoula Sakellariou B , Costas A. Constantinou B , Pagona Flevari D , Amalia Anastasopoulou C , Theodoros Androutsakos A*DOI: 10.12659/AJCR.933006
Am J Case Rep 2021; 22:e933006
Table 1. Laboratory results on admission and throughout the follow-up period. Time-points of follow-up as follows: “First follow-up” at one month after hospital discharge, “second follow-up” at one month after levofloxacin initiation and “end of follow-up” at 3 months after treatment completion.
| Admission | Hospital exit | First follow-up | Second follow-up | End of follow-up | Normal range | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hb (g/dl) | 13 | 13 | 14.2 | 13 | 14.3 | 14–18 |
| WBC (neut/lymph/mono) | 3540 (62/27/0.3) | 2960 (55/30/0.4) | 3510 (72/19/8) | 3200 (56/31/12) | 5300 (51/40/6) | 4500–11000 |
| PLT (K/μL) | 119 | 72 | 94 | 107 | 165 | 140–440 |
| INR | 1.13 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.02 | 0.85–1.15 |
| AST (IU/ml) | 59 | 35 | 50 | 46 | 22 | 11–38 |
| ALT (IU/ml) | 31 | 22 | 30 | 24 | 17 | 11–43 |
| GGT (IU/ml) | 258 | 473 | 810 | 262 | 75 | 10–60 |
| ALP (IU/ml) | 285 | 401 | 409 | 124 | 52 | 25–129 |
| Sodium (mEq/L) | 134 | 131 | 133 | 140 | 142 | 137–150 |
| Potassium (mEq/L) | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4 | 4.4 | 3.5–5.1 |
| Urea (mg/dl) | 48 | 30 | 36 | 26 | 37 | 10–50 |
| Creatinine (mg/dl) | 0.82 | 0.49 | 0.79 | 0.80 | 0.98 | 0.6–1.4 |
| CRP (IU/ml) | 25 | 14 | 18 | 6 | 2 | |
| Total bilirubin (mg/dl) | 0.96 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 1.02 | 0.4 | 0.1–1.2 |
| Direct bilirubin (mg/dl) | 0.45 | 0.63 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.18 | 0.1–0.3 |
| Hgb – hemoglobin; Hct – hematocrit; PLT – platelets; INR – International Normalized Ratio; AST – aspartate aminotransferase; ALT – alanine aminotransferase; GGT – gamma glutamyl-transferase; ALP – alkaline phosphatase; CRP – C-reactive protein. | ||||||