Platelets and infections in the resource-limited countries with a focus on malaria and viral haemorrhagic fevers.

摘要: Infections continue to cause a high incidence of mortality and morbidity in resource-poor nations. Although antimicrobial therapy has aided mostly dealing with the pathogenic micro-organisms themselves, collateral damage caused by infections many deaths. Intensive care support manipulation hosts' abnormal response infection have helped improve well-resourced countries. But, those areas limited resources, this is not yet case simpler methods diagnosis interventions are required. Thrombocytopenia one most common manifestations all these may be used as an easily available prognostic indicator marker for severity infections. In review, relevance platelets general, specifically tropical infections, malaria, viral haemorrhagic fevers emerging countries discussed. Better understanding pathophysiology role particular such conditions likely translate into better patient thus reduce mortality.