Makkar Ravinder Pal Singh, Mukhopadhyay Surabhi, Monga Amitabh, Monga Amitabh, Gupta Ajay Kr
Department of Internal Medicine, Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Science ans Research, New Delhi, India.
Braz J Infect Dis. 2002 Oct;6(5):263-5. doi: 10.1590/s1413-86702002000500008.
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.
恶性疟原虫和间日疟原虫疟疾在印度属于地方性感染，通常伴有轻度血液学异常。严重血小板减少在单纯恶性疟及混合性恶性疟/间日疟中很常见，但在单纯间日疟感染中非常罕见。我们在此报告一例间日疟患者出现严重血小板减少（血小板计数为8×10⁹/L）的病例。这是文献中报道的第二例单纯间日疟患者出现如此严重血小板减少的病例。
