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Table 1 Key laboratory values

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

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.

        
  1. 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.