On hospital admission, neutrophilia (neutrophil count ≥ 6.3 × 109/L), lymphopenia (lymphocyte count < 0.8 × 109/L), eosinopenia (eosinophil count < 0.02 × 109/L) and hypoalbuminemia (level of albumin < 30 g/L) were detected in 41 (55.4%), 52 (70.3%), 62 (83.8%) and 26 (35.6%) patients, respectively. This evidence concerns the gene ALB and lymphopenia.