title: Plasmodium vivax malaria presenting with severe thrombocytopenia.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science ans Research, New Delhi, India. makkar_r@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Ravinder Pal Singh
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Makkar
authors.forename: Surabhi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mukhopadhyay
authors.forename: Amitabh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Monga
authors.forename: Amitabh
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Monga
authors.forename: Ajay Kr
authors.initials: AK
authors.lastname: Gupta
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000962:Antimalarials; D011803:Quinine