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Table 1 Clinical and laboratory markers of inflammation at initial presentation and during follow-up

From: Characterisation of inflammatory response, coagulation, and radiological findings in Katayama fever: a report of three cases at the Medical University of Vienna, Austria

Parameter

Patient

Baseline

Week 1

Week 2

Week 6

Week 11

Week 32

Temperature (°C)

A

max 39.0

<37

<37

<37

<37

<37

 

B

max 39.6

<37

<37

<37

<37

<37

 

C

max 39.3

<37

<37

<37

<37

<37

BSR (mm)

A

55/82

-

31/60

7/22

12/22

12/20

 

B

82/110

-

64/102

12/28

14/31

15/31

 

C

27/36

25/30

-

-

-

-

CRP (<10 mg/L)

A

6

3

0.7

0.3

0.4

0.2

 

B

23

10

6

1

1

2

 

C

23

11

-

-

-

-

PCT (<0.5 ng/ml)

A

0.13

-

-

-

-

-

 

B

0.17

-

-

-

-

-

 

C

-

-

-

-

-

-

SAA (<5 mg/L)

A

52

32

-

-

-

-

 

B

67

31

-

-

-

-

 

C

-

-

-

-

-

-

LDH (<247 U/L)

A

192

173

206

189

149

157

 

B

391

237

275

204

180

183

 

C

200

202

-

-

-

-

Leukocyte count (4–10 G/l)

A

5.9

8.5

2

5.4

4.7

5.2

 

B

16.1

17.1

14.2

6.7

6.5

7.6

 

C

12.7

11.9

-

-

-

-

Eosinophil count (0–0.4 G/l)

A

2

3.1

1.2

0.4

0.3

0.2

 

B

6.7

7.2

5.8

0.8

0.7

0.2

 

C

4.5

4

-

-

-

-

Eosinophil relative (0-4%)

A

33

36

15.1

7.4

6.0

3.8

 

B

42

42

41

12

16

2.6

 

C

35

33.5

-

-

-

-

  1. max: maximum; BSR: blood sedimentation rat after one hour/after two hours; CRP: C-reactive protein; PCT: procalcitonin; SAA: serum amyloid A; LDH: lactate dehydrogenase.