Plasmodium vivax malaria presenting with severe thrombocytopenia.
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.
Makkar
Ravinder Pal Singh
RP
Department of Internal Medicine, Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science ans Research, New Delhi, India. makkar_r@yahoo.com
Mukhopadhyay
Surabhi
S
Monga
Amitabh
A
Monga
Amitabh
A
Gupta
Ajay Kr
AK
D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D000962:Antimalarials / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D016780:Malaria, Vivax / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D008297:Male; D017713:Platelet Transfusion; D011803:Quinine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000469:parasitology* / Q000628:therapy
D000962:Antimalarials; D011803:Quinine