Challenges of Diagnosing Severe Ehrlichiosis in Orthotopic Liver Transplant Recipients

Figure 3

Trends of key lab findings throughout hospital stay. Doxycycline was started on hospital day 3 for suspected ehrlichiosis. The patient had been started on hemodialysis due to acute renal failure on hospital day 4 and was taken off on day 10 due to marked clinical improvement. The progression of creatinine (mg/dL), WBC count (thou/mcL), and total bilirubin (mg/dL) over his hospital stay is seen in (a). The progression of AST (U/L) and ALT (U/L) over his hospital stay is seen in (b).