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cord-266916-flskltdf	Malik, Jahanzeb	Paying in Blood: A Case of Thrombocytopenia in Covid-19	2020-08-16		.txt	text/plain	1042	85	54	Infection with COVID-19 typically presents with fever and upper respiratory symptoms like cough and dyspnea. A small proportion of mildly symptomatic patients present with atypical symptoms like diarrhea, thrombocytopenia, or bleeding tendencies [4] . We present a case of COVID-19, diagnosed with an isolated thrombocytopenia. Such studies state that decreasing trend of platelets confer a grave prognosis of COVID-19 infection and lead to a severe disease [8] . There is only one case report published recently on idiopathic COVID-19 associated thrombocytopenia [11] . Our patient was also mildly symptomatic and after ruling out all major causes of decreased platelets, it was postulated to be associated with the virus. Mechanism of thrombocytopenia in COVID-19 patients Thrombocytopenia is associated with severe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) infections: A meta-analysis Thrombocytopenia is independently associated with poor outcome in patients hospitalized for COVID-19 Isolated severe thrombocytopenia in a patient with COVID-19: a case report	./cache/cord-266916-flskltdf.txt	./txt/cord-266916-flskltdf.txt