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Table 1 Laboratory investigations

From: Transfusion-transmitted severe Plasmodium knowlesi malaria in a splenectomized patient with beta-thalassaemia major in Sabah, Malaysia: a case report

 

Day 0a

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

Day 4

Day 5

Day 7

Parasite count (parasites/µL)

84,000

22,667

313

0

0

0

0

Haemoglobin (g/dL)

6.0

11.7b

9.9

9.7

9.0

7.4

11.9b

Haematocrit (%)

17.9

33.4b

27.6

27.2

24.9

20.6

34.0b

White blood cells (×103/µL)

61

27

28

26

24

20

26

Platelets (×103/µL)

96

70

36

83

126

191

413

Creatinine (µmol/L)

184

127

52

63

63

48

60

Urea (mmol/L)

7.7

11.3

7.6

7.5

4.7

2.8

202

Sodium (mmol/L)

125

129

127

126

128

132

129

Potassium (mmol/L)

2.6

4.5

4.1

4.0

3.8

2.9

4.0

Bilirubin (µmol/L)

80

110

93

63

48

41

37

Lactate (µmol/L)

16

4.8

1.3

    

Bicarbonate (mmol/L)

8.4

19.7

16.5

    

Alanine transferase (IU/L)

181

236

168

136

83

70

55

Aspartate transferase (IU/L)

308

322

149

108

78

91

75

Glucose (mmol/L)

2.5

  

10.8

   

Prothrombin time (seconds)

37.4

18.5

15.7

    

APTT (seconds)

78.7

51.8

42.7

    
  1. APTT activated partial thromboplastin time
  2. aInvestigation results from referral hospital
  3. bPost blood transfusion