Volume : VIII, Issue : III, March - 2019

A CLINICAL STUDY OF CLINICAL SPECTRUM, BIOCHEMICAL AND HEMATOLOGICAL PROFILE OF ACUTE FALCIPARUM MALARIA

Dr. Praveen Kumar Behara, Dr. Palle Sriharsha, Dr. Kundakarla Bhanu Prasad, Dr. Reddi Jagannadham

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INTRODUCTION: Malaria is a major international public health problem and also a major infectious cause of fever in endemic countries like India. Progression to severe disease is largely confined to falciparum species.In an endemic area, apart from classical presentations of fever with chills and rigor, not uncommonly a completely different presentation may be encountered because of multisystem involvement in the disease process and late diagnosis can lead to significant mortality and morbidity. Aims and objectives: To study clinical presentations (common and atypical), assess life threatening complications, noting biochemical and hematological abnormalities and correlating with clinical severity and prognosis. METHODOLOGY: Study sample: One hundred cases of QBC MP positive falciparum malaria admitted in medical wards from march 2017 to july 2018. Inclusion criteria: One hundred cases of QBC MP positive falciparum malaria (confirmed by slide positivity for asexual stage of the parasite) admitted to the medical wards and intensive care units were included in the study Exclusion criteria: Patients below the age of 13 years , Pregnant and Lactating women, Patients – coexistence of both Falciparum malaria and Leptospirosis, Mixed infections like associated plasmodium vivax

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A CLINICAL STUDY OF CLINICAL SPECTRUM, BIOCHEMICAL AND HEMATOLOGICAL PROFILE OF ACUTE FALCIPARUM MALARIA, Dr. Praveen Kumar Behara, Dr. Palle Sriharsha, Dr. Kundakarla Bhanu Prasad, Dr. Reddi Jagannadham INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-8 | Issue-3 | March-2019

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