Abstract
The present study was designed to evaluate the prevalence of thrombocytopenia in seropositive dengue patients and bleeding manifestations in association with the severity of thrombocytopenia.Blood samples of suspected dengue cases attending A.C.S Hospital during January-2014 to December-2014 were collected. ELISA (Enzyme Linked Immunosorbent Assay) method was performed to identify the dengue. For all the dengue positive cases during this period platelet count was done by Sysmex KX -21 Automated Hematoanalyzer.In the present study, out of 85 seropositive dengue cases, 63 patients were males and 22 patients were females. 53 patients had mild thrombocytopenia, 29patients had moderate thrombocytopenia and 3patients had severe thrombocytopenia. There were no bleeding manifestations noted in the present study. Present study confirms that, the thrombocytopenia a major complication associated with dengue and bleeding manifestation was not related to the platelet count.
