Figure 1
Echinocytes in the peripheral blood smears from our patients
| Patient | Echinocytes | Severity | ALT | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Any day before D−1 | D–1 | D0 | D+2 | Any day after D+2 | WHO 2009 | WHO 2011 | (IU/L) | |
| 1 | No | No | DWoS | DF | 67 | |||
| 2 | No | No | DWoS | DF | 33 | |||
| 3 | No | Rare | Few | No | DWS | DF | 510 | |
| 4 | No | No | DWoS | DF | 18 | |||
| 5 | No | No | DWoS | DF | 15 | |||
| 6 | No | No | DWoS | DF | 34 | |||
| 7 | No | No | DWoS | DF | 11 | |||
| 8 | No | 3+ | 3+ | 1+ | No | DWS | DHF grade I | 199 |
| 9 | No | Few | 1+ | No | DWS | DF | NA, not available; ALT, alanine transaminase; WHO = World Health Organization Regional Office for Southeast Asia clinical criteria; DWS, dengue with warning signs; DWoS, dengue without warning signs; DHF, Dengue hemorrhagic fever; DF, Dengue fever; echinocytes were categorized as rare (<10%), few (11%–15%), 1+ (16%–25%), 2+ (26%–50%), 3+ (51%– 75%), and 4+ (76%–100%) | |
| 10 | No | Rare | 3+ | Referral because of moderate amount of right pleural effusion in chest x-ray image | DWS | DHF grade II | NA | |
| 11 | Rare | Rare | Few | Rare | DWS | DF | NA | |
| 12 | Rare | No | No | DWS | DF | NA | ||
| 13 | No | No | Rare | No | DWS | DF | NA | |