Clinical Study
Thrombocytopenia as an Indicator of Malaria in Adult Population
Table 1
Thrombocytopenia in patients with malaria and without malaria.
| | Platelet count | Malaria positive patients (% age) | | | | Grade | | Total (% age) | Plasmodium falciparum positive (% age) | Plasmodium vivax positive patients (% age) |
Malaria negative patients (% age) |
Total () |
| | 3 | 25,000–50,000 dL | 27 (12) | 22 (18) | 05 (4) | 46 (20) | 81 (35.5%) | | 2 | 50,000–75,000 dL | 46 (20) | 30 (25) | 16 (13) | 47 (20.6) | 93 (41%) | | 1 | 75,000–150,000 dL | 48 (21) | 30 (25) | 18 (15) | 06 (2.6) | 54 (23.7) |
| | | Total | 121 (53) | 82 (68%) | 39 (32%) | 107 (47) | 228 (100%) |
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