Eighty-eight percent (38/43) patients of intestinal tuberculosis showed significant hyperaggregation of platelets (P &lt; 0.001). Serum and plasma from 15 patients when incubated with normal platelets caused hyperaggregation. Gel filtered platelets from 2 patients suspended in normal plasma showed hyperaggregation of platelets with arachidonic acid. Tubercular protein had no effect on platelet aggregation. A role of hyperactive platelets in chronic inflammatory response is discussed.

Debadatta Panigrahi

College of Medicine

Sarode Ravindra

Bhasin Deepak

Marwaha Neelam

Roy Pallab

Singh Kartar

Garewal Gurjeevan

K. Mehta S.

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American Journal of Hematology

Hyperaggregation of platelets in intestinal tuberculosis: Role of platelets in chronic inflammation

Journal	American Journal of Hematology
Publisher	National Library of Medicine
ISSN	1096-8652
Open Access	Yes