Table 1 Blood parameters and pathogen detection results of the patient
From: A fatal case associated with respiratory syncytial virus infection in a young child
D1 (Day of disease onset, 10th Nov) | D3 (12th Nov) | D4 (Day of admission, 13th Nov) | D5 (14th Nov) | D6 (Day of brain death, 15th Nov) | D7 (16th Nov) | D8 (Death, 17th Nov) | Normal range | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Blood parameters | WBC [× 109/L] | 10.77 | 15.96 | 12.60 | / | 6.93 | 14.83 | / | 4.00–10.00 |
RBC [× 1012/L] | 4.87 | 4.16 | 3.89 | 3.29 | 2.8 | 3.50–5.50 | |||
Hemoglobin [g/L] | 130 | 111 | 104 | 89 | 73 | 110–160 | |||
Platelets [× 109/L] | 236 | 116 | 128 | 87 | 41 | 100–400 | |||
NEU % | 65.8 | 73.7 | 54.9 | 50.8 | 48.6 | 18–46 | |||
LYM % | 24.3 | 14.6 | 35.6 | 33.5 | 37.4 | 37–78 | |||
MONO % | 9.0 | 11.6 | 8.9 | 13.7 | 13.2 | 3.0–10.0 | |||
EOS % | 0.9 | 0 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.5–5.0 | |||
CRP [mg/L] | 1.4 | 36 | 73 | 104 | 82 | < 8 | |||
Pathogen detection | Bacterial culture | / | / | (−) | / | (−) | / | (−) | (−) |
Viral antigen and molecular detection | / | / | / | RSV(+) | / | / | / | (−) | |