Volume : VII, Issue : II, February - 2017

Spectrum of febrile thrombocytopenia in tertiary care hospital of India

Dr Bhupesh Saini, Dr Anm Chengappa, Dr Sandeep Kumar, Dr P Jambunathan, Dr Vivek Aggarwal

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 Thrombocytopenia is a common finding in the setting of various infections like malaria, dengue, leptospirosis, undifferentiated viral fevers, rickettsial infections. Before the evaluation of the mechanism of thrombocytopenia is considered, it is imperative to validate the platelet count to exclude the possibility of spurious or pseudothrombocytopenia and be certain that actual thrombocytopenia exists. our study aims at identifying the common etiological agents, clinical presentation, biochemical abnormalities and various outcomes in these patients. Total of 300 patients were kept as subjects in this study. Our study revealed infection as the commonest cause of fever with thrombocytopenia and among infection dengue accounted for the majority of cases [a total of 184 cases of dengue (61.33%) including 179 pure cases (59.67%),1 case of dengue with falciparum malaria (0.33%), 4 cases of dengue with vivax malaria    (1.33%)].

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Dr Bhupesh Saini, Dr ANM Chengappa, Dr Sandeep kumar, Dr P Jambunathan, Dr Vivek Aggarwal, Spectrum of febrile thrombocytopenia in tertiary care hospital of India, INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH : Volume‾7 | Issue‾2 | February‾2017

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