Table 2.

Anaplasma phagocytophilum infection of different granulocyte stages on peripheral blood smear during the first three days of hospitalisation, before treatment with doxycycline

	Day of hospitalisation
	Day 1	Day 2	Day 3
Total WBC infected ×109/l	157.5	143.5	116.5
Differential WBC (%)*
Granulocytes	40 (0.25)	38 (0.52)	61.3 (1.9)
Bands	10	13	5.1 (7.5)
Metamyelocytes	20	25 (1)	11.7 (0.8)
Myelocytes	10	13 (0.4)	3.1 (3)
Promyelocytes	10	3	11.1 (1.7)
Basophils	2	6	2.9
Eosinophils	2	1	0.8
Monocytes	3	0	1
Myeloblasts	2	1	2 (4.8)
Lymphocytes	1	0	1
Per cent of total WBC infected	0.1	0.5	2.0

*Numbers in parenthesis refer to per cent of infection at the different cell stages.

WBC, white blood cell count.