Table 2.
Prevalence of clinical symptoms and biological markers upon admission
| Positive blood smear | Negative blood smear | p value | |||
| number/total | (%) | number/total | (%) | ||
| CLINICAL SYMPTOMS | |||||
| comaa | 22/77 | (28,6) | 7/64 | (10,9) | p = 0,022 |
| impaired consciousnessb | 15/77 | (19,5) | 11/64 | (17,2) | |
| convulsionsc | 71/119 | (59,7) | 36/103 | (35,0) | < 0,001 |
| digestive disorders | 58/93 | (62,4) | 63/104 | (60,6) | NS |
| dyspnea | 19/98 | (19,4) | 16/91 | (17,6) | NS |
| respiratory distress | 3/96 | (3,1) | 0/96 | (0,0) | NS |
| hepatomegaly | 36/107 | (33,6) | 28/95 | (29,5) | NS |
| splenomegaly | 28/106 | (26,4) | 12/93 | (12,9) | 0,017 |
| BIOLOGY | |||||
| anaemiad | 125/132 | (94,7) | 114/124 | (91,9) | NS |
| severe anaemiae | 55/132 | (41,7) | 39/124 | (31,5) | NS |
| hypoglycaemiaf | 30/132 | (22,7) | 21/124 | (16,9) | NS |
| thrombopaeniag | 93/132 | (70,5) | 43/124 | (34,7) | <0,001 |
a: Blantyre score ≤ 2
b: Blantyre score = 3–4
c: ≥ 2 / 24 hours
d: haemoglobin < 11 g/dL
e: haemoglobin < 5 g/dL
f: glyceamia < 2.2 mmol/L
g: platelets < 150 000 / mm3