A patient on RIPE therapy presenting with recurrent isoniazid-associated pleural effusions: a case report

Table 1 Laboratory values for the pleural fluid collected from the three effusions our patient manifested.

	1st Effusion	2nd Effusion	3rd Effusion
Color	Red	Red	Yellow
Red blood cells (×10 ⁹ /L)	57.25	107	5.575
White blood cells (×10 ⁹ /L)	2.075	0.219	0.17
Neutrophils	11%	1%	1%
Lymphocytes	78%	41%	96%
Monocytes	11%	55%	2%
Eosinophils	0%	3%	1%
pH	7.81	-	-
Albumin (g/dL)	2.1	-	-
Amylase (U/L)	-	-	67
Glucose (mg/dL)	257	212	125
Protein (g/dL)	4.2	3.3	3.3
Lactate dehydrogenase (IU/L)	104	200	224
Triglyceride (mg/dL)	-	-	21
Complement (CH50)	-	-	10
Adenosine deaminase (U/L)	-	-	23.8
ANA Titer	-	-	<1:40
Serum lactate dehydrogenase (IU/L)	159	-	-
Serum Protein (g/dL)	6.2	-	-

Note: Dash (-) indicates that the test was not performed on the sample in question.

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