Blackwater fever in an uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum patient treated with dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine

Malaria Journal

Table 1 Key laboratory values

Parameters (normal values)	D1	D2	D3	D5	D7	D9	D10	W2	W3	W4	W5
WBC 10³/μL (4.0-10.0)	3.0	4.3	4.54	5.49	6.5	7.3	-	6.1	-	5.3	5.3
Blood smear (parasites/μl)	31,218	4,050	286	Neg.	-	-	-	-	-	Neg	Neg
HB g/dL (13–18)	10.3	8.1	8.4	7.9	8.8	8.5	-	7.7	-	8.3	8.2
PLT 10³/μL (140–450)	71	68	70	113	215	283	-	347	-	264	193
Cr. mg/dL (0.8-1.3)	0.92	1.7	1.8	2.71	2.90	3.79	3.29	2.9	2.21	1.8	-
BUN mg/dL (7–18)	20.5	25.4	27.85	36.91	23.74	23.0	19.7	19.8	20.2	16.2	-
AST IU/dL (15–37)	43.6	261	249	265	111	58.0	-	36.7	-	-	-
Tot. bil. mg/dL (0–1.0)	0.818	2.95	2.2	2.1	0.809	0.595	-	0.5	-	-	-
Dir. bil. mg/dL (0.0-0.5)	-	-	0.2	0.3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
K + mEq/L (3.5-5.1)	3.68	3.93	3.7	3.8	3.95	4.34	4.29	4.1	3.74	3.39	-
Na + mEq/L (136–148)			130	142
CHIKV (IgM)			pos.

WBC; white blood cell (10³/μL). HB; haemoglobin (g/dL). PLT; platelet (10³/μ), Cr; serum creatinine (mg/dL). BUN; blood urea nitrogen (mg/dL). AST; aspartate amino transferase (IU/dL). Tot. bil.; serum total bilirubin (mg/dL). Dir.bil.; serum direct bilirubin (mg/dL). K+; serum potassium (mEq/L). Na+; serum sodium (mEq/L). CHIKV (IgM); Chikungunya virus (Immunoglobulin M). pos; positive.