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Table 1 Laboratory test results

From: An imported malaria case with repeated episodes of neurological syndromes resulting from different Plasmodium species

Tests

1st admissiona

14 days

2nd admission

0 h

12 h

44 h

96 h

0 h

6 h

Axillary temperature (°C)

39.5

-

37.5

36.5

36.5

38.5

38.0

Blood tests (reference range)

 White blood cells (103/µL) (4.5–11.0)

3.88

8.32

10.54

7.41

7.59

8.28

8.34

 Red blood cells (106/µL) (4.09–5.74)

4.71

4.31

3.66

4.01

4.29

4.27

4.18

 Hematocrit (%) (38–50.8%)

39.6

35.7

30.6

35.0

37.7

38.7

37.7

 Hemoglobin (g/dL) (13.1–17.2)

13.8

12.5

10.5

11.4

12.3

12.5

12.5

 Platelet (103/μL) (130–400)

32

27

97

210

498

255

252

 Lactate dehydrogenase (U/L) (140–280)

-

1,096

-

800

-

180

-

 Total bilirubin (µMol/L) (0–17)

-

23

-

5.6

5.9

8.0

-

 Parasite detection b

++++

+

-

-

-

neg

-

 Nested PCR

Pf/Pv

-

-

-

-

Pv

-

Urinalysis (reference range/µL)

0 h

7 h

15 h

88 h

 

0 h

6 h

 White blood cells (0–20)

31

21

63

3.4

-

-

-

 Unclassified casts (0–1)

1.9

0

0

0

-

-

-

 Urobilinogen (–)

1+

neg

neg

neg

-

-

-

 Bilirubin (–)

1+

neg

neg

neg

-

-

-

 Urine occult blood (–)

3+

3+

3+

neg

-

-

-

 Protein (–)

2+

2+

2+

2+

-

-

-

 Nitrite (–)

+

+

+

neg

-

-

-

  1. aTime after the malaria diagnosis
  2. bParasite density per µL blood detected by microscopy (time after treatment): 3.2 x 104 (0 h), 2.4 x 104 (4 h), 1.6 x 104 (8 h), 8 x 103 (12 h), 6 x 103 (24 h), 5 x 103 (28 h), 10 (36 h), 0 (44, 52, 56, and 89 h)
  3. -, Not done; Pf, P. falciparum; Pv, P. vivax