title: [Analysis of selected parameters of damage to the liver during the course of tick-borne encephalitis].
abstract: In 1993, 80 patients (43 female and 37 male) with tick-borne encephalitis were hospitalized in Clinic of Neuroinfections and Parasitic Diseases of Medical School in Białystok. 6 (7.5%) patients were jaundiced, 16 (20%) had hepatomegaly. We noticed increased enzymatic activity of aspartate aminotransferase (x = 74.5 U/l) in 9 (11.25%) cases, alanine aminotransferase (x = 89.5 U/l) in 11 (13.75%) cases, increased level of bilirubin in blood (from 1.4 to 3.5 mg/dl) in 7 (8.75%) cases. Protein level in blood was average x = 5.95 g/dl, percentage of albumin was average x = 48.61%, globulin--x = 14.62%. Prothrombin index and ammonia blood level were in normal range. Observed pathological changes were transient and referred mainly to patients with severe clinical course of disease.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Chorób Pasozytniczych i Neuroinfekcji AM w Białymstoku.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Daniluk
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Pancewicz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Siwak
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kondrusik
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Lukjan
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hermanowska-Szpakowicz
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000378:metabolism; D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases / Q000378:metabolism; D001663:Bilirubin / Q000097:blood; D004675:Encephalitis, Tick-Borne / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
chemical_list: D001219:Aspartate Aminotransferases; D000410:Alanine Transaminase; D001663:Bilirubin