Evaluation of platelet indices as markers of tuberculosis among children in India

Nancy Hilda J; Aishwarya Venkataraman; Kannan Thiruvengadam; Brindha B; Karthick M; Subha S; Sarath Balaji; Elilarasi S; Melanie Smuk; Luke Elizabeth Hanna; Andrew J Prendergast

doi:10.1183/23120541.00734-2023

Evaluation of platelet indices as markers of tuberculosis among children in India

ERJ Open Res. 2024 Feb 26;10(1):00734-2023. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00734-2023. eCollection 2024 Jan.

Authors

Nancy Hilda J^{1

2}, Aishwarya Venkataraman^{1

3

2}, Kannan Thiruvengadam¹, Brindha B¹, Karthick M¹, Subha S¹, Sarath Balaji⁴, Elilarasi S⁴, Melanie Smuk³, Luke Elizabeth Hanna^{1

5}, Andrew J Prendergast^{3

5}

Affiliations

¹ ICMR - National Institute for Research in Tuberculosis, Chennai, India.
² Joint first authors.
³ Blizard Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK.
⁴ Institute of Child Health, Madras Medical College, Chennai, India.
⁵ Joint senior authors.

Abstract

Children with tuberculosis have increased platelet count and platelet/lymphocyte ratio along with decreased mean platelet volume, suggesting that these indices may be useful as adjunct tools in diagnosis of paediatric tuberculosis https://bit.ly/3Ga4AWT.