[Anemia and thrombocytopenia in malaria. II. Mean erythrocyte and thrombocyte count in 45 patients with malaria observed in the Clinic of the Institute of Maritime and Tropical Medicine in Gdynia].

In the years 1987-92, 45 patients with malaria were hospitalized in our clinic. All the patients were before staying in tropical countries. 30 patients were infected with PI. falciparum while the rest - with other species of this parasite. From among numerous different symptoms of malaria, in the majority of the patients profound anaemia and thrombocytopenia occurred. The simultaneously observed drop in the erythrocyte and blood platelet levels confirms that the destruction pathways of them in patients with malaria may be similar, as are the reasons for ineffective erythro- and thrombocytopoiesis. Anaemia and thrombocytopenia gradually subsided in the course of the therapy, as the parasitemia decreased and the state of the patients improved.