Abstract

Introduction: Malaria is a disease that affects almost all blood components. Thrombocytopenia is frequently noticed with P. falciparum malaria but is less reported and studied with P. vivax malaria.

Materials and Methods: The study was conducted in Infectious Disease & Beliaghata General Hospital, Kolkata -10; West Bengal, India.  We included patients who were diagnosed with vivax malaria. The data regarding their clinical and hematological profile was collected and analysed.

Result: A total of 60 patients were included.  44 (73.33%) had platelet count <100000/mm3. Mean platelet count was 85,800/cmm,   range being 40,000/mm3–2, 10,000/mm3.

Conclusion: Thrombocytopenia is now being seen more commonly with vivax malaria. Patients with platelet count <1 lac/cumm have more severe disease.

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Biswas, D. T., & Mondal, D. A. (2017). Thrombocytopenia in Plasmodium vivax Malaria. International Journal of Innovative Research in Medical Science, 2(04), 650 to 653. https://doi.org/10.23958/ijirms/vol02-i04/03

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