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Plasmodium falciparum

Plasmodium falciparum: Introduction

Plasmodium falciparum: A protozoan that causes falciparum malaria. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Plasmodium falciparum is available below.

Symptoms of Plasmodium falciparum

• Range and severity of symptoms is variable
• Anemia - usually in chronic infections
• Fever
• Headache
• Nausea
• more symptoms...»

See full list of 17 symptoms of Plasmodium falciparum

Home Diagnostic Testing

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Wrongly Diagnosed with Plasmodium falciparum?

• Misdiagnosis of Plasmodium falciparum
• Failure to diagnose Plasmodium falciparum
• Undiagnosed: Plasmodium falciparum

Plasmodium falciparum: Related Patient Stories

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Plasmodium falciparum: Complications

Review possible medical complications related to Plasmodium falciparum:

• Kidney failure
• Coma
• Liver failure
• Death
• more complications...»

Causes of Plasmodium falciparum

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Disease Topics Related To Plasmodium falciparum

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• Malaria
• Blackwater fever
• Tertian fever
• Quartan fever
• Jungle fever
• more related diseases...»

Misdiagnosis and Plasmodium falciparum

Antibiotics often causes diarrhea: The use of antibiotics are very likely to cause some level of diarrhea in patients. The reason is that antibiotics kill off not only "bad" bacteria, but can also kill the "good" bacteria...read more »

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Evidence Based Medicine Research for Plasmodium falciparum

Medical research articles related to Plasmodium falciparum include:

• Intrarectal quinine versus intravenous or intramuscular quinine for treating Plasmodium falciparum malaria
• Rapid diagnostic tests for malaria at sites of varying transmission intensity in Uganda
• Major reduction of malaria morbidity with combined vitamin A and zinc supplementation in young children in Burkina Faso: a randomized double blind trial
• Imported malaria and high risk groups: observational study using UK surveillance data 1987-2006.
• Efficacy and safety of artemether-lumefantrine dispersible tablets compared with crushed commercial tablets in African infants and children with uncomplicated malaria: a randomised, single-blind, multicentre trial.
• Safety and Immunogenicity of RTS,S/AS02D Malaria Vaccine in Infants.
• A Trial of Combination Antimalarial Therapies in Children from Papua New Guinea.
• more research...»

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Research about Plasmodium falciparum

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Plasmodium falciparum: Broader Related Topics

• Malaria
• Parasitic diseases
• Conditions involving a pathogen
• more types...»

Types of Plasmodium falciparum

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Definitions of Plasmodium falciparum:

A species of protozoa that is the causal agent of falciparum malaria (MALARIA, FALCIPARUM). It is most prevalent in the tropics and subtropics. - (Source - Diseases Database)

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