Hematologic features in imported malaria. Value for the diagnosis of forms with low parasitemia
Fialon, P.; Macaigne, F.; Becker, M.; Boisseau, M.R.; Cazenave, J.; Ripert, C.
Pathologie-Biologie 39(2): 122-125
1991
ISSN/ISBN: 0369-8114 PMID: 2017336 Document Number: 371366
Blood cell counts were performed on blood samples from 37 patients with imported malaria using three different blood analyzers (Coulter STKR, Coulter VCS and Technicon H1). Results were controlled by direct microscopic examination. Anemia, leukopenia, thrombocytopenia, or abnormalities of the leukocyte differential count were found in 32, 24, 30 and 92% of patients, respectively. The automatic analyzers gave alert messages for 70 to 75% of specimens, including specimens from ten patients with low parasitemias. These abnormalities should prompt careful analysis of blood smears when drug-resistance is suspected.