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Plasmodium Falciparum Blood Smear.
Key features suggesting Plasmodium falciparum:
- extreme parasitemia
- normocytic RBCs (vivax, ovale prefer big
Plasmodium Falciparum ... Blood Smear. ... reticulocytes) - thin trophozoites ... ~75% of human malaria ... #microbiology #malaria
Plasmodium falciparum trophozoites (and crenated red blood cells) - Blood Smear

A classic presentation of Plasmodium falciparum
Plasmodium falciparum ... trophozoites (and ... falciparum malaria ... #Plasmodium #falciparum ... clinical #microscopy #malaria
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#ID  #InfectiousDiseases  #Infections
#Microbiology #Micro
#Differential #Ddx
InfectiousDiseases #Infections ... Differential #Ddx #Diagnosis ... maltesecross #compare #malaria ... #falciparum #plasmodium
Plasmodium falciparum life cycle
1: Mosquito bite, transmission of sporozoite
2: Liver, Asexual replication. 1 sporozoite → 10-30,000
Plasmodium falciparum ... RBC and become trophozoites ... BrighamChiefs #Plasmodium ... #falciparum #lifecycle ... #diagnosis #infection
Plasmodium vivax on peripheral smear
A college student presents w/ headache, fever, chills. Returned 2 days ago
Plasmodium vivax ... Diagnosis? ... size amoeboid trophozoite ... Indiana University Infectious ... PlasmodiumVivax #pvivax #malaria
Hemolytic Anemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hereditary:
 • Peripheral blood smear + DAT + further History
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Peripheral blood smear ... Fevers, DAT (-) → Infection ... Malaria, Clostridium ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Fever Patterns - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Continuous Fever:
Temp > 38°C with only 1 degree fluctuation in 24
- Differential Diagnosis ... subtertian: P. falciparum ... Blackwater fever (Falciparum ... hemolysis) • ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

1) Environment
  - Fragmentation
  - MAHA: TTP, HUS, DIC, HELLP
Hemolysis - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Internal (RBC) - Infections ... /toxins: Malaria ... Peripheral Blood Smear
Fever After International Travel

Infectious Disease:
• Endemic in either the destination or home region

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
No hemolytic anemia ... Babesiosis • Plasmodium ... falciparum: ... Causes of Fever: • Falciparum ... chest film; blood-smear