Thrombocytopenia as a Diagnostic Marker for Malaria in Patients with Acute Febrile Illness

CONCLUSION: Malaria is still among the major public health problems in the country. Thrombocytopenia is a very good discriminatory test for the presence or absence of malaria with 79.5% sensitivity and 86.3% specificity. Therefore, this may be used in addition to the clinical and microscopic parameters to heighten the suspicion of malaria.PMID:33936215 | PMC:PMC8055386 | DOI:10.1155/2021/5585272
Source: Journal of Tropical Medicine - Category: Tropical Medicine Authors: Source Type: research