Successful detection and species differentiation of malarial parasite using an automated hematology analyser: A case series : Case Report

Arundhathi Shankaralingappa; Rajagopal Poongodi; Thirunavukkarasu Arun Babu

doi:10.56501/intjclinicopatholcorrel.v7i1.765

Authors

Arundhathi Shankaralingappa Associate Professor of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh, India.
Rajagopal Poongodi Assistant Professor of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh, India. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8834-2616
Thirunavukkarasu Arun Babu Additional Professor of Pediatrics, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Mangalagiri, Andhra Pradesh, India

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.56501/intjclinicopatholcorrel.v7i1.765

Keywords:

Malaria, Automated, Hematology analyser, Plasmodium, scatterplot

Abstract

Malaria is a global burden and requires accurate and early diagnosis. WHO has recommended that all clinically suspected cases should have parasitological confirmation for definitive treatment. There are other many methods which are expensive and require high skills. Hence, incorporation of reliable methods into automated hematology analysers will help identify malarial parasites at the earliest. Here we present three cases in which Plasmodium were identified on autoanalyser.

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