Atypical Presentation of Thrombocytopenia in Malaria- A Case Report

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Published: Dec 28, 2022
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Malaria Immune Thrombocytopenia Corticosteroids

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Saketh Ramineni
Department of General Medicine, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, -Chrompet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Padma
Department of General Medicine, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, -Chrompet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Sathyapriya
Department of General Medicine, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, -Chrompet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Shiny Thomson
Department of General Medicine, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, -Chrompet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.
Meera
Department of General Medicine, Sree Balaji Medical College and Hospital, -Chrompet, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India.

Abstract

Malaria is a common infection in India caused by plasmodium, it is transmitted by female anopheles mosquito. In some percentage of patients there is a decrease in platelet counts in acute malaria. There has been reports of some minor bleeding manifestations in people with malaria. Here we present a case of severe thrombocytopenia in Vivax malaria.

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Saketh Ramineni, Padma, Sathyapriya, Shiny Thomson, & Meera. (2022). Atypical Presentation of Thrombocytopenia in Malaria- A Case Report. Journal of Coastal Life Medicine, 10(3), 754–755. Retrieved from https://www.jclmm.com/index.php/journal/article/view/256
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