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Volume 9, Number 10—October 2003
Dispatch

Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome: Lessons from Singapore

Kamaljit Singh*Comments to Author , Li-Yang Hsu†, Jorge S. Villacian†, Abdulrazaq Habib*, Dale Fisher*, and Paul A. Tambyah*
Author affiliations: *National University Hospital, Singapore; †Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore

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Table 4

Laboratory data for patients 8 through 14 admitted with severe acute respiratory syndrome

Patient 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
Hemoglobin (g/dL) 15.0 8.4 11.2 12.5 14.3 13.2 13.5
Leukocyte count (X10-9/L) 3.73 7.2 4.94 6.3 3.6 6.2 6.76
Lymphocyte count (X10-9/L) 0.83 1.34 1.04 0.30 0.84 1.13 0.97
Platelet count (X10-9/L) 121 163 167 231 176 184 240
ALT (U/L) 51 31 20 10 15 19 8
AST (U/L) 68 52 19 21 21 21 25
CK 35 192 73 68 85 88 56
LDH 685 1,034 390 280 275 319 696
C-reactive protein 3.1 4.3 0.9 <0.7 <0.7 <0.7 <0.7
Procalcitonin ND 1.27 ND ND ND ND ND

aALT, alanine aminotransferase; AST, aspartate aminotransferase; CK, creatine kinase; LDH, lactate dehydrogenase; ND, not done.

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