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

Abstract

Background: This study was conducted on 72 blood samples collected from patients attending in Medical Military Hospital in Omdurman province.

Results: 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 increase.