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Table 3 Biology data in 553 patients treated with atovaquone-proguanil for imported uncomplicated malaria

From: Atovaquone-proguanil in the treatment of imported uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria: a prospective observational study of 553 cases

 

Diagnosis

Day 3

Day 7

Day 30

Haemoglobin (g/dL)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

≤8

11 (1.9)

16 (3.4)

4 (1.1)

0

8.1-10

28 (5.1)

55 (11,7)

48 (13.2)

17 (6.4)

10.1-12

136 (24.6)

162 (34.6)

126 (34.6)

73 (27.6)

>12

378 (68.4)

236 (50.3)

186 (51,1)

175 (66.0)

Platelets count (per mm 3 )

    

≤20,000

8 (1.4)

4 (0.8)

0

0

20,001-50,000

43 (7.8)

14 (3.0)

1 (0.3)

0

50,001-100,000

173(31.3)

102 (21.8)

1 (0.3)

0

100,001-150,000

160 (28.9)

121 (25.8)

6 (1.6)

7 (2,6)

>150,000

169 (30.6)

228 (48.6)

356 (97.8)

258 (97,4)

Leucocytosis

    

White blood cells ≤4,500 per mm3

218 (39.4)

242 (51.6)

55 (15.1)

48 (18.1)

White blood cells >4,500 per mm3

335 (60.6)

227 (48.4)

309 (84.9)

217 (81.9)

Cytolysis

    

ALAT ≤1 N

385 (69.6)

287 (61.2)

201 (55.2)

219 (82.6)

ALAT 1.1-2 N

135 (24.4)

140 (29.9)

117 (32.1)

44 (16.6)

ALAT 2.1-3 N

27 (4.9)

24 (5.1)

20 (5.5)

2 (0.8)

ALAT >3 N

6 (1.1)

18 (3.8)

26 (7.1)

0

Creatinine (μmol/L)

    

≤120

507 (91.7)

431 (91.9)

349 (95.9)

4 (1.5)

121-140

36 (6.5)

25 (5.3)

8 (2.2)

253 (95.5)

>140

10 (1.8)

13 (2.8)

7 (1.9)

8 (3.0)