A cross sectional study of thrombocytopenia in malaria positive cases in a tertiary care hospital of Bareilly

Authors

  • Ajay K. Agarwal Department of Community Medicine, R.M.C.H., Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Ghanshyam D. Katiyar Department of Pathology, R.M.C.H., Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Swati Khan Department of Community Medicine, R.M.C.H., Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Bharat C. Chaudhary Department of Pathology, R.M.C.H., Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Mahendra Sharma Department of Community Medicine, R.M.C.H., Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India
  • Dharmendra Kumar Department of Community Medicine, S.R.M.S., Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20195497

Keywords:

Malaria, P. vivax, Thrombocytopenia

Abstract

Background: To find out correlation of thrombocytopenia with malaria. Malaria is a protozoal disease caused by infection with parasite of genus Plasmodium. Thrombocytopenia is a common and early sign of malarial infection and 60-80% thrombocytopenia is observed in malarial cases and present more frequently and severe in complicated P. falciparum malaria.

Methods: A cross sectional study done in Central Pathological Lab of Department of Pathology, RMCH, Bareilly. Blood samples collected in ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid vial and blood smear was examined for malaria parasite within red blood cells. Malaria rapid test was done for detection of Plasmodium species and platelet count was done.

Results: 780 cases of malaria was studied from September 2018 to December 2018, male predominance of 54.5%, maximum malarial positive cases 26.92% in the age group of 21-30 years, maximum 86.28% cases were of P. vivax, and thrombocytopenia was observed in 91.54% cases.

Conclusions: Mostly developing countries with limited resources and trained health manpower are malaria-endemic region of world. Thrombocytopenia is associated with both P. vivax and P. falciparum infections. In our study significance association between malaria and thrombocytopenia has been observed. We suggest malaria should be a consideration in all patients with fever and thrombocytopenia.

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2019-11-27

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Agarwal, A. K., Katiyar, G. D., Khan, S., Chaudhary, B. C., Sharma, M., & Kumar, D. (2019). A cross sectional study of thrombocytopenia in malaria positive cases in a tertiary care hospital of Bareilly. International Journal Of Community Medicine And Public Health, 6(12), 5348–5354. https://doi.org/10.18203/2394-6040.ijcmph20195497

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