Malaria Self Test Module
27 year old merchant seaman. Transferred from ship
to hospital due to complications following a severe bout of flu.
Click on one of the following:
Plasmodium falciparum?
Correct! Excellent work!
(This is such a rare case, we just had to include it.)
This is an unusual case as there are a number of developing forms of
P. falciparum in the red cells. This is indeed a rarity.
The patient had over 30% of his red cells infected, however after two
8 unit exchange transfusions and appropriate chemotherapy, he survived.
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Plasmodium vivax?
Sorry! Try again.
Even though there are some developing forms, the red cells are not enlarged.
Take another look and note the marginal forms (remember there are no mixed
infections in this series).
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Plasmodium ovale?
Sorry! Try again.
Even though there are some developing forms, the red cells are not enlarged.
Take another look and note the marginal forms (remember there are no mixed
infections in this series).
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Plasmodium malariae?
Sorry! Have another look.
You probably noted that the infected red cells were not enlarged.
Take another look and note the marginal forms (remember there are
no mixed infections in this series).
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Malarial parasites not seen?
Sorry!
This is a particularly heavy infection with about one third of all red cells infected.
It would be imperative that treatment was commenced immediately.
Take another look after first revisiting the Diagnosis section
to refresh your memory what malarial parasites look like.
(Don't forget there are no mixed infections in this series.)
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