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Table 1 Laboratory data

From: Haemolytic anaemia in an HIV-infected patient with severe falciparum malaria after treatment with oral artemether-lumefantrine

Test, unit

Admission

18 July

Day 7

25 July

Day 10

28 July

Day 17

Day 25

12 Aug

Normal values

Glucose, g/dl

88

 

0.97

  

70-1.10

Urea, g/l

2.16

 

0.33

  

0.10-0.50

Creatinine, mg/dl

3.29

 

0.65

  

0.5-1.4

Potassium, mEq/l

3.5

 

4.9

  

3.6-5.5

Bilirubin total/direct, mg/dl

2.9/1.5

1.4/0.7

1.6/0.6

1.9/0.8

 

< 1.2/0.3

AST/ALT, U/l

108/33

32/26

40/23

  

< 40

Erythrocytes, 106/mm3

2.43

2.6

2.16

1.81

2.91

3.8-6.1

Haemoglobin, g/dl

7.4

8

6.9

5.9

9.6

12-18

Haematocrit, %

22

24

20

18

29

36-52

Reticulocytes %

  

4.8

8.2

 

0.5-2.0

Platelets, 103/mmc

17

114

127

98

152

80-400

White blood cells, 103/mmc

5.1

6.7

5.3

2.6

3.5

4.3-10.8

Neutrophils %

75.5

41.1

23.1

31.6

36.6

40-75

Lymphocytes %

20

42.7

62

49

41.2

20-51

CD4 cells/mmc (%)

 

569 (23.2)

   

(36-44)

HIV-RNA, cp/ml

161769

     

Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate, mm/hr

122

 

> 140

> 140

 

< 15

C-Reactive proteine mg/dl

21

  

4.7

 

< 0.6

Thick and thin smears

Pos

Neg, day 3

Neg

   

PCR for Plasmodium falciparum

Pos

Neg, day 3

Neg

   

Parasitaemia

6%

     

Coombs test direct/indirect

  

neg/neg

neg/neg

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