A hemodialysis patient with Mycobacterium avium complex pericarditis in which remarkable presepsin elevation was not accompanied by procalcitonin elevation

Table 1 Laboratory findings

Blood		Pericardial effusion
Complete blood count		Laboratory examination
WBC	9160 /μL	LD	866 IU/L
RBC	318 x 10⁴ /μL	TP	5.7 g/dL
Hb	9.3 g/dL	Alb	2.5 g/dL
Ht	29.7 %	WBC	4320 /μL
Plt	19.5 x 10⁴ /μL		Lymphocytes 53.5 %
Immunology		Mycobacterium culture
hsCRP	13.50 mg/dL	Mycobacterium avium complex
HBs-Ag	(-)	Cytology
HCV-Ab	(-)	No malignancy
RPR (Syphilis)	(-)
HIV-Ab	(-)
Chemistry
LD	239 IU/L
TP	7.4 g/dL
Alb	3.0 g/dL
Mycobacterium culture
Negative

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