Table 1: Clinical course and laboratory data of the patient during hospitalization.

Laboratory data (normal limits) Oct 31 Nov 3 Nov 6 Nov 9 Nov 16 Nov 20 Nov 25 Nov 30 Dec 3 Dec 10
Admission Ward Ward Ward ICU ICU ICU ICU ICU ICU ICU
Temperature (peak, ℃) 39.2 40.4 39.2 37.8 37.2 36.8 36.8 36.8 36.8 36.0
Antibiotic therapy A B B C C C D D D D
Influenza A antigen Negative
Influenza B antigen Positive
Urine RBC/HPF 30-49 30-49 20-29
Urine WBC/HPF 10-19 30-49 30-49
Urine culture NG NG NG
Blood culture NG NG NG
Sputum culture Yeast
Blood WBC count/μL 16,100 14,500 19,600 24,500 34,500 31,100 18,100 17,300 19,200 9,000
Blood platelet count/μL 449,000 435,000 495,000 600,000 214,000 173,000 99,000 89,000 41,000 55,000
Blood hemogram (g/dL) 12.4 10.8 9.9 8.1 6.9 6.1 8.6 8.8 8.8 9.3
CRP (< 5 mg/L) 238.0 319.1 296.0 315.7 183.6 175.0 34.7 22.8 72.6 62.7
Procalcitonin (< 0.05 ng/mL) 7.23 24.22 1.14
BUN (6-20 mg/dL) 13 61 117 63 54 162 43 93
Creatinine (0.57-1.11 mg/dL) 0.77 0.82 4.52 8.72 4.01 1.46 5.09 1.28 2.16
AST (5-34 U/L) 34 53
ALT (2-40 U/L) 37 69
CMV-PCR Positive Positive
Aspergillus Ag (< 0.5 index) 0.32 6.37

ICU: Intensive Care Unit; Antibiotic A: Cefuroxime (for 4 days); Antibiotic B: Moxifloxacin (for 5 days); Antibiotic C: Piperacillin-tazobactam (for 16 days); Antibiotic D: Piperacillin (for 18 days); RBC: Red Blood Cell; WBC: White Blood Cell; HPF: High Power Field; NG: No Growth; CRP: C-Reactive Protein; BUN: Blood Urea Nitrogen; AST: Aspartate Aminotransferase; ALT: Alanine Aminotransferase; CMV-PCR: Cytomegalovirus-Polymerase Chain Reaction.