Micrognome » Plasmodium falciparum http://micrognome.priobe.net Microbes, infectious diseases and the causal relationship that links them Sun, 29 Jan 2012 04:40:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Malaria revision http://micrognome.priobe.net/2010/04/malaria-revision/ http://micrognome.priobe.net/2010/04/malaria-revision/#comments Wed, 14 Apr 2010 02:58:26 +0000 micrognome http://micrognome.priobe.net/?p=546
  • Clinical Tropical Medicine sessions started yesterday at the QEII Medical Centre with malaria 1 and 2
  • Self-assessment questions follow for those thinking about doing the FACTM part 1 exam this year
    • Here are some questions based on the first two Malaria modules.
    • Additional self-assessment exercises for prospective candidates on the ACTM website .

Problem 1

What parasitic infection is this and why?

(both results are from the same blood sample)

  • Likely non-falciparum malaria.
  • The HRP 2 P. falciparum band is absent on the rapid test.
  • A weak band is present against the P. vivax – P. ovale – P. malariae position.
  • There are no features in the thin film pointing to P. falciparum
  • The trophozoites could belong to one of several Plasmodium species

Problem 2

What infection is this and why?

(both views are from the same blood film)

  • Likely non-falciparum malaria.
  • A single, amoeboid Plasmodium trophozoite is present inside and RBC
  • The RBC is not deformed and has faint Schuffner’s dots
  • Lower panel shows a likely gametocyte which is not crescent-shaped
  • There are no features in the thin film pointing to P. falciparum
  • The trophozoites could belong to one of several Plasmodium species

Here’s the clinical parasitology mini-lecture you may have missed, now in its new, minimalist version.

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To supplement study materials on malaria, here is a set of notes on malaria from our MSc course.

Prior materials on malaria include:

μgnome, 30th March.

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