Case Report

Bronchial Leech Infestation in a 15-Year-Old Female

Table 1

Laboratory results at admission and one month later.

Laboratory resultsAdmissionOne-month follow-up

Hemoglobin (g/dL)7.911.8
Red blood cell (/mm3)27500003950000
Mean corpuscular volume (fl)82.985
White blood cell (/mm3)69005800
Neutrophils (%)66.457
Lymphocytes (%)28.137.9
Mixed (%)5.55.1
Platelet (mm3)241000313000
Prothrombin time (sec)14.512.7
International normalized ratio1.211
Partial thromboplastin time (sec)2725

Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (mm/hr)23
Blood urea nitrogen (mg%) 13.5
Creatinine (mg%)0.6
C-reactive protein (mg/dL)3.9 (negative)