Table 1. Haemotological and biochemical reports.
TLC: Total leucocyte count; DLC: Differential leukocyte count; ESR: Erythrocyte sediment rate; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase; ALT: Alanine transaminase; ALP: Alkaline phosphatase.
| 1st day of admission | 5th day of admission | 10th day of admission | On discharge | |
| Hb (gm %) | 6.2 | 4.7 | 9.1 | 9.2 |
| TLC (per cumm) | 300 | 2300 | 4900 | 5.7 x 10³ |
| DLC (N/L/M/E) | 38/50/06/06 | 70/24/05/01 | 73/18/08/01 | 70/23/04/03 |
| Platelets (per cumm) | 5000 | 23,000 | 30,000 | 250,000 |
| Peripheral blood smear | Macrocytic anemia with target cells, leucocytopenia, lymphocytosis and severe thrombocytopenia | |||
| ESR at the end of 1st hour | 66 | |||
| Reticulocytes | 0.08 | |||
| Prothrombin time (sec) | 16.3 | |||
| Activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT) (sec) | 40.8 | |||
| Fibrinogen levels (mg/dl) | 267 | |||
| D-Dimer (ng/dL) | <250 | |||
| International normalized ratio (sec) | 1.41 | |||
| Urea (mg/dL) | 84 | 150 | 63 | 13 |
| Creatinine (mg/dl) | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.3 | 0.9 |
| Sodium (mmol/dL) | 154.6 | 168.9 | 155.1 | 137 |
| Potassium (mmol/dL) | 3.79 | 3.69 | 4.59 | 3.66 |
| Chloride (mmol/dL) | 123.2 | 125.9 | 117.8 | 102 |
| Total bilirubin (mg/dL) | 2.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 0.7 |
| Direct bilirubin (mg/dL) | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.2 |
| AST (U/L) | 59 | 35 | 43 | 19 |
| ALT (U/L) | 34 | 15 | 16 | 13 |
| ALP (U/L) | 98 | 102 | 162 | 141 |
| Total protein (g/dL) | 5.3 | 5.2 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| Albumin (g/dL) | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 3.4 |
| LDH (IU/L) | 475 | |||
| Procalcitonin (ng/mL) | 25.24 | 5.04 | 1 |