title: Thrombocytopenia and Plasmodium falciparum malaria in children with different exposures.
abstract: We studied thrombocytopenia during acute Plasmodium falciparum malaria in 64 traveller children from Paris (France), 85 children from Dakar (Senegal) with an intermittent exposure (69 with severe attack or cerebral malaria), and 81 children from Libreville (Gabon) with a perennial exposure (43 with severe attack or cerebral malaria). Initial thrombocytopenia was present in 43-58% of children with P falciparum malaria but was not more frequent in severe outcome or cerebral malaria. Low parasitaemia may lead to the misdiagnosis of malaria and delayed treatment when there is associated thrombocytopenia
authors.affiliation: Hopital Saint Vincent de Paul, Paris, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Moulin
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Lesage
authors.forename: A-H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Legros
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Maroga
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moussavou
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Guyon
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Marc
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gendrel
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000349:Africa / Q000208:ethnology; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D019353:Endemic Diseases; D005260:Female; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D016779:Malaria, Cerebral / Q000150:complications / Q000208:ethnology; D016778:Malaria, Falciparum / Q000150:complications* / Q000208:ethnology; D008297:Male; D010297:Paris; D011446:Prospective Studies; D013921:Thrombocytopenia / Q000208:ethnology / Q000469:parasitology*; D014195:Travel
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins