Open AccessUsefulness of automated cell counter in detection of malaria in a cancer set up-Our experience
Author(s) -
Monica Jain,
Surbhi Gupta,
Jyotika Jain,
Rajesh K. Grover
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.107782
Subject(s) - malaria , hematology analyzer , medicine , hematology , giemsa stain , diagnosis of malaria , cancer , blood smear , immunology , plasmodium falciparum , gastroenterology , pathology
Malaria diagnosis presents a challenge to all laboratories. In malaria-endemic areas, there is a need for rapid, sensitive and cost-effective method to effectively screen all samples, especially when the workload is very high. Various hematology analyzers have been investigated for detection of malaria in the past. Here, we present our experience of malaria detection in a cancer hospital where a large number of complete blood count requests are received either before or during chemotherapy. Fever, being a very common symptom in cancer patients, causes a suspicion of malaria.