Table 1.

Moderate to severe anemia in malaria











Hb, g/L
Patient
Age, y
Sex
Site
Hb type
G-6-PD
Infected RBCs × 106/L (%)*
Treatment
Treatment failure
Baseline
At treatment
Lowest
Time to lowest
1   0.7   M   D   AA   Normal   3 500 (—)   P/Su   No   95   53   53   0 d  
2   1.0   M   D   AA   Normal   509 000 (30.6)   Q   No   94   53   43   3 d  
3   1.0   F   D   AS   Normal   176 000 (6.9)   Q   ?   104   82   59   3 d  
4A  2.0   F   D   AA   Normal   214 000 (8.9)   P/Su   No   96   77   44   3 d  
4B  2.2   F   D   AA   Normal   145 000 (4.9)   Q   No   96   95   54   7 d  
5   2.5   F   D   AA   Normal   264 000 (9.6)   P/Su   No   104   88   48   7 d  
6   3.2   F   D   AA   Normal   15 025 (—)   None   —   86   —   53   —  
7   1.6   M   S   AC   Normal   170 000 (6.6)   C   Yes   89   82   49   14 d  
8
 
2.0
 
F
 
S
 
AA
 
Low
 
9 600(—)
 
P/Su,C
 
No
 
89
 
83
 
52
 
14 d
 










Hb, g/L
Patient
Age, y
Sex
Site
Hb type
G-6-PD
Infected RBCs × 106/L (%)*
Treatment
Treatment failure
Baseline
At treatment
Lowest
Time to lowest
1   0.7   M   D   AA   Normal   3 500 (—)   P/Su   No   95   53   53   0 d  
2   1.0   M   D   AA   Normal   509 000 (30.6)   Q   No   94   53   43   3 d  
3   1.0   F   D   AS   Normal   176 000 (6.9)   Q   ?   104   82   59   3 d  
4A  2.0   F   D   AA   Normal   214 000 (8.9)   P/Su   No   96   77   44   3 d  
4B  2.2   F   D   AA   Normal   145 000 (4.9)   Q   No   96   95   54   7 d  
5   2.5   F   D   AA   Normal   264 000 (9.6)   P/Su   No   104   88   48   7 d  
6   3.2   F   D   AA   Normal   15 025 (—)   None   —   86   —   53   —  
7   1.6   M   S   AC   Normal   170 000 (6.6)   C   Yes   89   82   49   14 d  
8
 
2.0
 
F
 
S
 
AA
 
Low
 
9 600(—)
 
P/Su,C
 
No
 
89
 
83
 
52
 
14 d
 

Hb indicates hemoglobin; D, Donéguébougou; —, not done; P/Su, pyrimethamine/sulfadoxine (Fansidar); Q, quinine; ?, unknown; S, Sotuba; and C, chloroquine.

*

Infected RBCs at time of treatment, expressed as number/μL blood and as percent infected (estimated from hemoglobin and number per μL).

Same patient at 2 years (A) and 2 months later (B).

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