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Table 6 Laboratory data of post-transplant visceral leishmaniasis patients in remission and up to 6 months post-transplantation

From: Epidemiologic, clinical, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects of visceral leishmaniasis in renal transplant recipients: experience from thirty cases

Variable

Mean (SD)*

P-value **

Creatinine (mg/dL)

 

0.002

 1st evaluation

1.81 (0.4)

 

 2nd evaluation

2.21 (0.46)

 

 3rd evaluation

1.9 (1.17)

 

 90 days post-treatment

1.77 (0.27)

 

 180 days post-treatment

1.80 (0.33)

 

Urea (mg/dL)

 

0.000

 1st evaluation

105.13 (16.91)

 

 2nd evaluation

97.80 (15.89)

 

 3rd evaluation

65.13 (27.18)

 

 90 days post-treatment

63.40 (20.40)

 

 180 days post-treatment

52.07 (9.98)

 

Hematocrit (%)

 

0.000

 1st evaluation

28.72 (4.18)

 

 2nd evaluation

29.72 (3.65)

 

 3rd evaluation

34.94 (3.50)

 

 90 days post-treatment

37.73 (2.57)

 

 180 days post-treatment

38.76 (1.72)

 

Leukocytes (mm3/dL)

 

0.000

 1st evaluation

3.07 (1.05)

 

 2nd evaluation

4.51 (3.27)

 

 3rd evaluation

5.86 (2.71)

 

 90 days post-treatment

6.18 (1.41)

 

 180 days post-treatment

6.40 (0.95)

 

Platelets (mm3/dL)

 

0.000

 1st evaluation

110.33 (88.18)

 

 2nd evaluation

178.07 (183.17)

 

 3rd evaluation

163.00 (72.02)

 

 90 days post-treatment

177.00 (18.13)

 

 180 days post-treatment

183.07 (11.88)

 

Serum albumin (mg/dL)

 

0.009

 1st evaluation

3.32 (0.76)

 

 2nd evaluation

3.74 (0.37)

 

 90 days post-treatment

3.87 (0.34)

 

 180 days post-treatment

3.99 (0.27)

 
  1. n = 24 remission patients.
  2. 1st evaluation: day 1 of treatment with amphotericin or glucamine.
  3. 2nd evaluation: day 5 of treatment with amphotericin or day 10 with glucamine.
  4. 3rd evaluation: day 10 of treatment with amphotericin or day 20 with glucamine.
  5. Serum albumin was not measured at intermediate time points.
  6. *Mean and SD* (Mean (Standard Deviation) of leukocytes and platelets were divided by 1.000.
  7. Categorical variables are reported as n (%).
  8. **Determined by Friedman ANOVA, the Wilcoxon test or ANOVA factor repetition measurements.