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Platelet distribution width, mean platelet volume and haematological parameters in patients with uncomplicated
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- Reduction in total leukocytes in malaria patients compared to febrile controls: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2020Pooled it
- Diagnostic value of full blood count derived systemic inflammatory biomarkers in malaria infection.Practical laboratory medicine · 2025Article
- Clinical significance of PLT for diagnosis and treatment monitoring in imported malaria.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Investigating the association between various platelet indices and different clinical sub-groups of severe malaria.Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi · 2023Article
- Platelet Parameters and Their Correlation with Parasitemia Levels Among Malaria Infected Adult Patients at Jinella Health Center, Harar, Eastern Ethiopia: Comparative Cross-Sectional Study.Journal of blood medicine · 2023Article
- Hematological indices and abnormalities among patients with uncomplicated falciparum malaria in Kosti city of the White Nile state, Sudan: a comparative study.BMC infectious diseases · 2021Article
- Role of Platelet Indices as a Potential Marker for Malaria Severity.Journal of parasitology research · 2021Review
- Haematological Profile of Adults with Malaria Parasitaemia Visiting the Volta Regional Hospital, Ghana.Advances in hematology · 2020Article
- Platelet distribution width, mean platelet volume and haematological parameters in patients with uncomplicatedF1000Research · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe association between the haematological profile (including abnormal platelets) and malaria is not completely understood. There are few published data on haematological profiles of malaria patients in areas with unstable malaria transmission. The current study was conducted to investigate if the haematological parameters, including platelet indices, were reliable predictors for microscopically-diagnosed malaria infection.
methodsA case-control study with a total of 324 participants (162 in each arm) was conducted at the out-patient clinic of New Halfa hospital during the rainy and post rainy season (August 2014 through to January 2015). The cases were patients with uncomplicated
resultsThere was no significant difference in the mean (±SD) age between the study groups; however, compared to the controls, patients with uncomplicated malaria had significantly lower haemoglobin, leucocyte and platelet counts, and significantly higher red cell distribution width (RDW), platelet distribution width (PDW) and mean platelet volume (MPV).
conclusionsThe study revealed that among the haematological indices, PDW and MPV were the main predictors for uncomplicated
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