Abstract
Objective: To find out changes in peripheral blood of patients suffering from malaria.
Study Design: Descriptive case series.
Place and Duration of Study: The study was conducted at Shah Noor Medical Laboratory, Bannu Khyber
st st
Pakhtoon khawa from 1 May 2014 to 31 August 2014.
Materials and Methods: In this study 160 cases of malaria patients were selected by non probability random
sampling technique with informed consent of the patients. These patients were subjected to complete blood
counts performed by Hematology analyzer Sysmex 21 and manual method using Neubaur's chamber and thick
and thin films stained with Giemsa stain to confirm malarial parasite. The data was recorded in preformed
designed proforma and was analysed by using a Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 16 for
percentages, means and standered deviation.
Results: Out of 160 patients 93(58%) were males and 67(41.87%) females. Most 59 (36.8%) were in the age
range of 1‐10 years. Plasmodium vivax found in 135(84.3%) and Plasmodium falciparum in 25(15.6%) cases.
Minimum total leukocyte count (TLC) was 1300/cmm and maximum was 19500/cmm, Low Hemoglobin level
was 4.50 g/dl and high value was 15.20 g/dl. Platelets minimum count was 35000/cmm and maximum was
590000/cmm. Anemia was present in 103(64.37%), thrombocytopenia was present in 65 (40.62%), leukopenia
was present in 34 (21.25%), bicytopenia was present in 24 (15%) and Pancytopenia was found in 5 (3.12%) of
cases, where as high TLC was encountered in 6 (3.75%) cases.
Conclusion: This study shows that person suffering from malaria have significant changes in blood morphology
especially cytopenias causing morbidity and mrtality needs special attention regarding accurate diagnosis and
prompt treatment to avoid the complications.
Mohammad Sajjad, Zard Ali Khan, Mohammad Akram, Mokamil Shah. (2015) Blood Morphology of Patients Suffering from Malaria, Journal of Islamic International Medical College, Volume-10, Issue-4.
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