Volume : X, Issue : VIII, August - 2020

A STUDY OF FEVER WITH THROMBOCYTOPENIA

Dr. Naveen S. Kulkarni, Dr. Aron V. Thomas, Dr. Prashant Hubballi

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Background: Fever as a symptom provides important information about the presence of illness particularly infections and about changes in the clinical status of the patient1. As fever is one of the most common presenting symptoms, there is a need to study clinical and laboratory profile of fever with thrombocytopenia. Objective: To study clinical profile and laboratory evaluation of fever with thrombocytopenia. The study aims in evaluating the cause for fever with thrombocytopenia and also course of diseases. Methods: This is a prospective study of 52 individuals aged more than 15 years presenting with fever and thrombocytopenia. The study was conducted at S. Nijalingappa Medical College and HSK Hospital and Research Centre, Bagalkot from December 2015 to December 2016. Results: In this study, among 52 patients, 15 were males and 37 females. Platelet counts below 20,000 were seen in 11cases, between 20,001– 50,000 were seen in 16 cases and platelet counts between 50,001–1.5 lakhs were seen in 25 cases. In 52% cases a diagnosis was possible, most common being malaria next in order being Dengue, Sepsis and Enteric fever. One case was positive for both Malaria and Dengue. There was a single case each of Systemic lupus erythematosus, Myelodysplastic syndrome, Acute myeloid leukemia and Miliary tuberculosis. 48% cases remained undiagnosed. Megaloblastic anaemia was seen in 18 cases and these individuals had Urinary tract infections. A few cases were due to viral fever. Conclusion: Infections are most common cause for fever with thrombocytopenia. The most common infection being malaria, other infections are dengue and enteric fever. Sepsis also is one of the important and common causes.

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A STUDY OF FEVER WITH THROMBOCYTOPENIA, Dr. NAVEEN S. KULKARNI, Dr. ARON V.THOMAS, Dr. PRASHANT HUBBALLI INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume-10 | Issue-8 | August-2020

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