Spinal epidural abscess of uncommon presentation following urinary tract infection: A case report

Table 1 Preoperative and postoperative laboratory values

	On admission	24 hours post-op	1.5 months post-op discharge	Reference range
Sodium (mEq/L)	130	144	138	133-144
Potassium (mEq/L)	4	3	3.6	3.5-5.2
Chloride (mEq/L)	94	109	103	98-107
Carbon dioxide (mEq/L)	23.8	27.1	24.6	21.0-31.0
Anion gap (mEq/L)	12.2	7.9	9.6	Lab value
BUN (mg/dL)	11	7	11	7-25
Creatinine (mg/dL)	0.6	0.55	0.36	0.7-1.30
Glucose (mg/dL)	248	118	96	70-99
Calcium (mg/dL)	8.7	7.9	8.4	8.6-10.3
Phosphorous (mg/dL)	3.2		4.6	2.5-4.5
Magnesium (mg/dL)	2.1		1.7	1.6-2.6
Albumin (g/dL)	2.9		3.2	3.5-5.7
Total bilirubin (mg/dL)	0.6		0.3	0.3-1.0
AST (U/L)	62		20	13-39
ALT (U/L)	50		11	7-52
ALP (U/L)	236		129	34-104
Lactic acid (mmol/L)	1.7			0.5-2.0
WBC (103/mcL)	20.7	9.2	4.6	4.00-11.00
Hemoglobin (g/dL)	12.9	9.9	11.9	13.0-17.0
Hematocrit (%)	37.9	29.3	35.6	38.6-49.2
Platelets (103/mcL)	509	483	207	150-450

AST: Aspartate transaminase; ALT: Alanine transaminase; ALP: Alkaline phosphatase; BUN: Blood urea nitrogen; WBC: White blood cell.

Table 2 Urinalysis on admission

Lab value	Result	Reference range
Urine pH	7	5.0-8.0
Protein, random urine (mg/dL)	50	10-20
Specific gravity	1.02	1.005-1.025
Urinalysis clarity	Turbid	Clear
Urinalysis color	Light orange	Colorless, yellow, light yellow
Urine glucose (mg/dL)	300	30
Urine blood (mg/dL)	3+	Negative
Urine RBC’s	> 200/hpf	0-3/hpf
Urine bacteria	Many/hpf	Negative/hpf
Urine ketones (mg/dL)	10	Negative
Urine nitrites (mg/dL)	Negative	Negative
Urine WBC esterase (Leu/uL)	500	Negative
Urine WBC	> 200/hpf	0-4/hpf

RBC: Red blood cell; WBC: White blood cell.

Table 3 Cerebrospinal fluid analysis

Lab value	Result	Reference range
Appearance	Clear
CSF WBC (/mm3)	2	0-5
CSF RBC (/mm3)	1
Fluid lymphocytes (%)	26	40-80
Fluid neutrophils (%)	60	0-6
Total count fluid differential	100
CSF glucose (mg/dL)	108	40-70
CSF protein (mg/dL)	222	15-45

CSF: Clear cerebrospinal fluid; RBC: Red blood cell; WBC: White blood cell.