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Table 2 Laboratory changes in patient with malaria and MIS-C

From: MIS-C and co-infection with P. vivax and P. falciparum in a child: a clinical conundrum

 

MALARIA

MIS-C

Anaemia

X

X

Thrombocytopenia

X

X

Leukopenia or leukocytosis

X

X Leukocytosis with neutrophilia and lymphopenia

Increased CRP

X

X

Procalcitonin

X

X

Increased fibrinogen

X

X

Increased D-dimer

 

X

Increased LDH

X

X

Hypertransaminasemia

X

X

Hyperbilirubinemia

indirect

direct

Hyponatremia

X

X

Increased IL-6

X

X

Hypoglycemia

X

 

Hyperferritinemia

 

X

Metabolic acidosis

X

X

Hypoalbuminemia

 

X

Increased cardiac enzymes

 

X