Table 1.

Admission Laboratory and Microbiology Investigations

Variable	Result	Institution Range
White blood cells, 10³/μL	29.2	4-12
Sedimentation rate, mm/h	57	0-15
Procalcitonin, ng/mL	0.06	0-0.09
Lactic acid, mmol/L	1.9	0.2-1.8
Total immunoglobulin E, kU/L	2,393	2.9-48.2
Hypersensitivity panel		N/A
Aspergillus fumigatus antibody precipitin 1 antibody	Positive
Micropolyspora faeni antibody	Positive
Thermoactinomyces vulgaris 1	Negative
Thermoactinomyces sacchari	Negative
Aureobasidium pullulans	Negative
Pigeon serum antibody	Negative
Acid-fast bacilli	Negative	N/A
Atypical pneumonia panel		N/A
Chlamydia pneumonia	Negative
Mycoplasma pneumonia	Negative
Legionella pneumonia	Negative
Streptococcus pneumonia urine antigen	Negative	N/A
Legionella urine antigen	Negative	N/A
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus	Negative	N/A
Influenza A/B direct antigen	Negative	N/A
Respiratory viral panel		N/A
Adenovirus	Negative
Parainfluenza 1-4	Negative
Metapneumovirus	Negative
Respiratory syncytial virus	Negative
Fungal precipitin panel		N/A
Blastomycosis	Negative
Coccidioidomycosis	Negative
Histoplasma H/M bands	Negative
Aspergillus antigen	Negative	N/A
Cryptococcus antigen	Negative	N/A