Volume 30, Number 1—January 2024
Dispatch
Reemergence of Human African Trypanosomiasis Caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, Ethiopia
Table 1
Laboratory data and clinical information for 4 human African trypanosomiasis case-patients, Selamber Primary Hospital, Kucha Alfa District, South Nations Nationalities Peoples’ Region, Ethiopia, 2022*
Laboratory data | Case 1 | Case 2 | Case 3 | Case 4 |
---|---|---|---|---|
Leukocytes, × 109 cells/L | 4.7 | 5 | 7.5 | 4 |
Hemoglobin, g/dL | 6.6 | 8 | 7.3 | 10 |
MCV, fL | 88 | 91.3 | 96 | 89 |
Platelets, × 103/μL | 120 | 110 | 143 | 90 |
SGOT, U/L | 5 | 3.6 | 83.7 | 21.3 |
SGPT, U/L | 0.5 | 4.4 | 26.3 | 37 |
ALP, U/L | 18.5 | 65 | 70 | 200 |
Giemsa-stained blood film | T. brucei spp. positive | T. brucei spp. positive | T. brucei spp. positive | T. brucei spp. positive |
Test blood film for malaria | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
PCR test done | No | No | Yes | No |
*ALP, alkaline phosphatase; MCV, mean corpuscular volume; SGOT, serum glutamic-oxaloacetic transaminase; SGPT, serum glutamic-pyruvic transaminase.
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