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Clinical features of acute febrile thrombocytopaenia among patients attending primary care clinics

Tong SF 1 , Abd Aziz NA 2 , Chin GL 3 , Khairani O 3

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  • 1 Tong Seng Fah MMed (Fam Med), PhD Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Cheras, 56000 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Email: sengfahtong@gmail.com
  • 2 Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre, Jalan Yaacob Latiff, Bandar Tun Razak, 56000 Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
  • 3
Malays Fam Physician, 2006;1(1):15-8.
PMID: 26998201 MyJurnal

Abstract

Identifying clinical features that differentiate acute febrile thrombocytopaenia from acute febrile illness without thrombocytopaenia can help primary care physician to decide whether to order a full blood count (FBC). This is important because thrombocytopaenia in viral fever may signify more serious underlying aetiology like dengue infection.

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