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Table 1 Blood tests on admission for bronchoscopy

From: A case of autoimmune pulmonary alveolar proteinosis during the course of treatment of rapidly progressive interstitial pneumonia associated with anti-MDA5 antibody-positive dermatomyositis

Hematology

Biochemistry

White blood cells

8,300

/μL

Total protein

6.7

g/dL

Neutrophils

91.4

%

Serum albumin

4

g/dL

Eosinophils

0.1

%

Total bilirubin

0.6

mg/dL

Basophils

0.2

%

Aspartate transaminase

20

U/L

Monocytes

1.1

%

Alanine transaminase

18

U/L

Lymphocytes

7.2

%

Lactate dehydrogenase

325

U/L

Neutrophils

7,586

/μL

Alkaline phosphatase

44

U/L

Eosinophils

8.3

/μL

Creatine kinase

40

U/L

Basophils

16.6

/μL

Blood urea nitrogen

15

mg/dL

Monocytes

91.3

/μL

Creatinine

0.71

mg/dL

Lymphocytes

597.6

/μL

C-reactive protein

0.07

mg/dL

Hemoglobin

16.8

g/dL

Serum sodium

145

mEq/L

Platelets

237,000

/μL

Serum potassium

4.6

mEq/L

Coagulation

Serum chloride

107

mEq/L

 Prothrombin time

112

%

Glucose

174

mg/dL

 Activated partial thromboplastin time

25.8

second

Ferritin

20.3

ng/mL

 D-dimer

0.5

µg/mL

   

Serology

 Sialylated carbohydrate antigen KL-6

4,689

ng/mL

   

 Surfactant protein D

211

ng/mL

   

 Perinuclear anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody

< 1.0

U/mL

   

 Classic anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic autoantibody

< 1.0

U/mL

   

 Cytokeratin 19 fragment

12.7

ng/mL

   

 Cytomegalovirus antigenaemia test

(-)

    

 Anti-Trichosporon asahii antibody

(-)

    

 anti-nuclear antibody

< 40

    

 β-Dglcan

< 2.6

pg/mL

   
  1. Blood tests on admission revealed marked elevation in KL-6 and SP-D levels, whereas ferritin and CRP levels were low