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Table 1 Blood counts during the course of illness

From: Ofloxacin induced leucopenia in complicated falciparum malaria: a case report

Ofloxacin started on DAY 3

DAY

Haemoglobin (g/dl)

TLC (× 109/l)

DC (%)

Platelets (× 109/l)

Reticulocyte (%)

Day 1

9.2

8.6

N57, E3, L39

150

0.3

DAY 3

10.0

8.2

N73, E2, L24

50

0.1

DAY 4

8.5

7.0

N72, E1, L25

50

0.1

DAY 5

7.3

1.6

N32, E6 L62

40

 

Ofloxacin stopped on DAY 6

DAY 6

10.2

1.5

N22, E6, L72

28

 

DAY 7

10.3

2.7

N35, E2, L49

54

 

DAY 9

9.6

10.0

N38, MMC2, MC9

81

5

Day 10

10.0

15.0

MC15MC + St6, E1, L32

150

6

  1. Abbreviations: TLC: total leucocyte count; DC: differential count; N: neutrophils; E: eosinophils; L: lymphocytes; M: monocytes; MC: myelocytes; MMC: metamyelocyte; St: stab form.