Hematological changes in Sudanese patients with falciparum malaria attending elnihoud teaching hospital
Joint Authors
Madawi, Jad Allah
Ahmad, Abd al-Nasir M.
Habil, Hafiz Ahmad
al-Samani, Muhammad Said
Source
Sudan Journal of Medical Sciences
Issue
Vol. 14, Issue 1 (31 Mar. 2019), pp.24-30, 7 p.
Publisher
Omdurman Islamic University Faculty of Medicine
Publication Date
2019-03-31
Country of Publication
Sudan
No. of Pages
7
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Backgrounds: Malaria is a major public health problem in the tropical and subtropical areas of the world, including Africa.
Most cases of malaria in Africa are caused by Plasmodium falciparum.
Objectives: This study was aimed to assess the hematological changes in patient with falciparum malaria and to estimate the incidence of leucopenia, thrombocytopenia, and its response to anti-malaria therapy, and to correlate the association of the hematological changes with P.
falciparum-positive (study group) and P.
falciparumnegative (control group).
Methodology: A total of 453 participants (353 cases and 100 as control group) were enrolled in this study, all of them were randomly selected from Elnihoud Teaching Hospital, Elnihoud Locality, West Kordufan State, Sudan.
Questionnaire was filled by every participant and thick and thin blood films for malaria were prepared and stained by giemsa stain and the CBC was done by sysmex automated hematological analyzer.
Results: Thrombocytopenia, leucopenia, microcytic hypochromic red blood cells and relative lymphocytosis have significant association with falciparum malaria with Pvalues 0.008, 0.001, 0.008, and 0.004, respectively.
Conclusion: Patients with thrombocytopenia and/or leucopenia with malaria should receive anti-malaria therapy and follow-up by CBC, and shouldn’t be hurried for a bone marrow examination.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ahmad, Abd al-Nasir M.& Habil, Hafiz Ahmad& Madawi, Jad Allah& al-Samani, Muhammad Said. 2019. Hematological changes in Sudanese patients with falciparum malaria attending elnihoud teaching hospital. Sudan Journal of Medical Sciences،Vol. 14, no. 1, pp.24-30.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ahmad, Abd al-Nasir M.…[et al.]. Hematological changes in Sudanese patients with falciparum malaria attending elnihoud teaching hospital. Sudan Journal of Medical Sciences Vol. 14, no. 1 (2019), pp.24-30.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Ahmad, Abd al-Nasir M.& Habil, Hafiz Ahmad& Madawi, Jad Allah& al-Samani, Muhammad Said. Hematological changes in Sudanese patients with falciparum malaria attending elnihoud teaching hospital. Sudan Journal of Medical Sciences. 2019. Vol. 14, no. 1, pp.24-30.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-890737
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 29-30
Record ID
BIM-890737