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Table 3 Mean values and ranges of results of laboratory investigations in 38 patients with pulmonary or hepatic echinococcal disease *

From: Echinococcal disease in Alberta, Canada: more than a calcified opacity

 

Pulmonary

Hepatic

Laboratory test

Normal values

Definite/probable

(N = 9)

Possible

(N = 2)

Definite/probable

(N = 11)

Possible

(N = 16)

Hemoglobin

135 – 175 g/L

120(112–133)

114.5(113–116)

123.7 (96–180)

124 (93–161)

White blood cell count

4–11 × 109 /L

10(6.4–18)

9.7(9.6–9.8)

8.7 (4.3–14.5)

8.26 (3.8 – 14)

Eosinophilia

>= 0.1 × 103 /L

2(0.1–7)

1.95(0.3–3.6)

1.8 (0 .1–6)

1.5 (0 .1 – 4.7)

ESR

0–20 mm/hr

28.5(10 – 47)

30.5(28–33)

32.6 (18–47)

23 (11–35)

AST

<40 U/L

30.4 (14–49)

25.5(22–29)

32 (12–59)

63 (14 – 432)

Alkaline Phosphatase

30–130 u/L

122.3(48 – 231)

137(123–152)

141 (62 – 461)

168 (41 – 892)

Total Bilirubin

3.4–17.1 umol/l

11(4–27)

4.5(2–7)

15.7 (4–32)

24.4 (3.3 – 98)

ELISA

(positives/ number tested)

3/7

0/2

3/5

0/5

  1. Legend: ELISA – enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay; ESR – erythrocyte sedimentation rate
  2. * Results are incomplete in some patients.