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Volume 25, Number 9—September 2019
Dispatch

Rickettsia japonica Infections in Humans, Xinyang, China, 2014–2017

Hao LiComments to Author , Pan-He Zhang, Juan Du, Zhen-Dong Yang, Ning Cui, Bo Xing, Xiao-Ai Zhang, and Wei LiuComments to Author 
Author affiliations: Beijing Institute of Microbiology and Epidemiology, Beijing, China (H. Li, P.-H. Zhang, B. Xing, X.-A. Zhang, W. Liu); Peking University, Beijing (J. Du); People's Liberation Army 990 Hospital, Xinyang, China (Z.-D. Yang, N. Cui)

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Table

Laboratory test results of samples from 14 patients with Rickettsia japonica infection at different time points, China, 2014–2017

Result No. patients
At admission During hospitalization At discharge from hospital
Anemia, <3.5 × 1012 erythrocytes/L 0 5 3
Leukopenia, <4.0 × 109 leukocytes/L 3 3 0
Thrombocytopenia, <150 × 109 platelets/L 9 11 0
Hyperbilirubinemia, albumin >17.1 μmol/L 4 5 2
Hypoalbuminemia, albumin <35.0 g/L 3 9 7
Hyponatremia, sodium <135.0 mmol/L 4 6 2
Hypopotassemia, potassium <3.5 mmol/L 2 4 2
Increased ALT level, >0.67 μkat/L 8 10 5
Increased AST level, >0.67 μkat/L 10 12 5
Increased LDH level, >4.1 μkat/L 10 11 7
Increased CK level, >4.1 μkat/L 4 3 0

*ALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; CK, creatine kinase; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase.

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