Correlation between thrombocytopenia and malaria infection in medical Military Hospital, Khartoum State, Sudan

Eisa, Ibrahim Mohammed; Elfaki, Tayseer Elamin Mohamed; Mustafa, Gwahir Ali Nafee; Mahmoud, Ihood Imad Eldin; Hamed, Mawada Mohammed; AL-Toom, Nosiba AL-Tayeb Adam; Holie, Mohammed Ahmed Ibrahim; Elbasheir, Mohamed Mobarak

doi:10.21608/mid.2020.128642

Correlation between thrombocytopenia and malaria infection in medical Military Hospital, Khartoum State, Sudan

Authors

¹ Department of Parasitology and Medical Entomology, Faculty of Medical Laboratory Science, ALzaiem ALazahari University, Khartoum North, Sudan

² Department of Parasitology and Medical Entomology, College of Medical Laboratory Science, Sudan University of Science and Technology, Khartoum, Sudan

³ B.Sc. student, department of Parasitology and Medical Entomology, Faculty of Medical Laboratory Science, Karary University, Omdurman, Sudan

⁴ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Medical Laboratory Science, ALzaiem ALazahari University, Khartoum North, Sudan

10.21608/mid.2020.128642

Abstract

This study was conducted on 72 blood samples collected from patients attending in Medical Military Hospital in Omdurman province. Out of the blood samples examined, 32 were found positive for malaria infection. This constituted a prevalence rate of 44.4%. The study included 40 males. Among them, 18 were infected with malaria with a prevalence rate of 56.3%. The study also included 32 females with 14 infected with malaria constituting a prevalence rate of 43.8 %. The difference in prevalence rates was found to be statistically insignificant. The study showed that there was a negative relation between the platelet count and parasite density as the correlation coefficient (rho) was found to be (-0.376) demonstrated that when the parasite density was high the platelet was low. The study showed that there was a negative relation between the age and parasite density as the correlation coefficient (rho) was found to be -0.023 showing that the levels of parasitaemia was decreasing by age increased.

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