Hematological findings in acute malarial infection list of authors along with highest qualification and institute

ABSTRACT

Malaria is one of the common diseases in Pakistan. This study was designed to find out hematological parameters in patients suffering with acute malaria presenting at our hospital that represents a segment of. Balochistan population. All adults reporting with fever that had clinical features of malaria and were found positive for malarial parasites on blood film were included in this study. Hematological values were measured and slides were stained to detect malarial parasites and sub types. A total 4 306 patients were found to have malarial parasites in blood in one-year period, 48 were of plasmodium falciparum and 252 were with plasmodium vivax infection. Anemia was present in 79% patients of plasmodium falciparum infection and 25% patients with plasmodium vivax infection. Thrombocytopenia was observed in 70% patients of plasmodium vivax and 83.5% patients of plasmodium falciparum. Pancytopenia was detected in 1.5% patients of plasmodium vivax and 6% patients of plasmodium falciparum. Thrombocytopenia was the most common finding in our study