Extrahepatic cholestasis associated with paracoccidioidomycosis: Challenges in the differential diagnosis of biliopancreatic neoplasia

Table 2 Mean level of total bilirubin, direct bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase, aspartate aminotransferase, and albumin before and after treatment of patients with paracoccidioidomycosis and extrahepatic cholestasis allocated to groups 1 and 2

Laboratory	Pre-group 1	Post-group 1	Pre-group 2	Post-group 2
TB (mg/dL)	5.10	1.90a	6.60	0.90a
DB (mg/dL)	3.20	0.40a	4.40	0.28a
AP (U/L)	1144.40	255.40a	1045.00	192.70a
AST (U/L)	94.10	55.90a	99.60	45.60a
Albumin (mg/dL)	2.80	4.10	3.10	3.50

^aP > 0.05.

TB: Total bilirubin; DB: Direct bilirubin; AP: Alkaline phosphatase; AST: Aspartate aminotransferase.