Table 6 Laboratory abnormalities in SMM and comorbidity

Anaemia (29)

24 (82.8%)

Intestinal parasites (6 cases), tuberculosis (1), thalassaemia-beta (1), chronic kidney disease (1)

Leukocytopaenia (16)

10 (62.5%)

Tuberculosis (1 case), HIV infection (2), HBV infection (1), Mansonella perstans (6), and Salmonella and Schistosoma infection (1)

Thrombocytopaenia (16)

15 (93.8%)

HIV infection (2 cases), Salmonella (1)

Renal failure (6)

6 (100%)

Not demonstrated kidney disease.

Jaundice (3)

3 (100%)

HBV infection (1 case), tuberculosis (1), Salmonella and Schistosoma infection (1)

Liver enlargement (11)

9 (81.8%)

HCV infection (2 cases), HIV infection (3), tuberculosis (1), alcohol-intake (1), drepanocytic anaemia (1), Salmonella and Schistosoma infection (1)

Spleen enlargement (14)

14 (100%)

HCV infection (2 cases), alcohol-intake (1), tuberculosis (1), Salmonella and Schistosoma infection (1), drepanocytic anaemia (1), Mansonella perstans (5). Not associated (3)

Asthenia (22)

12 (54.5%)

12 different infectious diseases

Headache (12)

6 (50%)

Intestinal parasites (3 cases) acute B hepatitis (1), tuberculosis (1), Salmonella and Schistosoma infection (1)

Ocular pain (3)

2 (66.7%)

Intestinal parasites (2 cases)

Arthromyalgia (16)

8 (50%)

Acute B hepatitis (1 case), tuberculosis (1), rickettsia infection (1), pneumonia not filiated (1), HCV infection (1), Mansonella perstans (2), intestinal parasites (1)

Vomiting (2)

0 (0%)

Diarrhoea (2)

1 (50%)

Mansonella perstans

Rash (1)

0 (0%)

Cough (2)

1 (50%)

Not associated

Abdominal pain (2)

1 (50%)

Not associated

Fever (18)

11 (61.1%)

Infectious diseases (10), not associated (1)