Plasmodium vivax malaria presenting with severe thrombocytopenia
AUTOR(ES)
Makkar, Ravinder Pal Singh, Monga, Surabhi Mukhopadhyay Amitabh, Gupta, Ajay Kr.
FONTE
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2002-10
RESUMO
Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax malaria are endemic infections in India and are commonly associated with mild hematological abnormalities. Severe thrombocytopenia is common in isolated falciparum and mixed falciparum/vivax malaria, but is very rare in isolated P.vivax infection. We hereby report a case of severe thrombocytopenia (platelet count of 8x10(9)/L) in a case of vivax malaria. This is only the second case ever reported in the literature of such profound thrombocytopenia in a case of isolated P.vivax malaria.
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