Plasmodium falciparum

external

• Synonyms

  • Falciparum malaria

• Effects

  • Intravascular haemolysis
  • Respiratory distress
  • Hypoglycaemia
  • Decreased platelet survival
  • Absence of exoerythrocytic schizogony
  • Greater than 0.5% ring forms
  • Infectious encephalitis
  • Infective hepatitis
  • Hepatomegaly
  • Hyperthermia

• Parents

  • Malaria

• Treatments

  • Quinine
  • Chloroquine

• Description

  • "Rx Quinine or chloroquine"