Antimalarial drugs Flashcards
antimalaria symptoms
malaise myalgia HA fever- periodicity rigor
ABCD of malaria prevention
aware of the risk
avoid bites
chemoprophylaxis
diagnose immediantly
blood smear for plasmodium falciparum
smaller ring
accole
maker’s spots
sickle shaped gametocytes
exposure for P falciparum
tropical
fever cycle for P falciparum
48h
most common cause of malaria
P falciparum
most chloroquine resistant
P falciparum
P falciparum is commonly resistant to
chloroquine
mefloquine
artemether
P vivax exposure
temperate
tropical
P vivax fever cycle
every 3rd day
relapsing
vivax
ovale
hypnozoites remain in liver
P vivax blood smear
in reticulocytes
P vivax and P ovale treatment
blood- anything
liver- primaquine
African blacks are resistant to
P vivax
P vivax is resistant to
chloroquine in indonesia and PNG
P ovale exposure
W africa
P ovale fever cycle
every 3rd day
P oval infects
reticulocytes
2 step treatment needed for
vivax
ovale
P malariae fever cycle
every 4th day
P malaria infects
old red blood cells
least common cause of malaria
P malaria
least virulent
P malariae
can infect on human primates
P lamariae
P knowlesi
P knowlesi exposure
SE asia
P knowlesi fever cycle
daily