Pathology EMQ template.

Name: Nadeesha Lakmal Mudalige      

Theme: Malaria

OPTION LIST

A	Artesunate	I	Plasmodium Knowlesi
B	Gametocytes	J	Plasmodium Malariae
C	Hydoxychloroquine	K	Plasmodium Ovale
D	Hypnozoites	L	Plasmodium Vivax
E	Maurer’s Clefts	M	Primaquine
F	Mefloquine	N	Schuffner’s dots
G	Merozites	O	Sporozoites
H	Plasmodium Falciparam	P

For each scenario below, choose the most appropriate answer from the list above. Each option may be used once, more than once or not at all.

A sixth form student travels back from India after attending a family wedding. It has been two weeks since he has returned and now has a fever every 4 days. A diagnosis of malaria is confirmed, what is the likely organism?

The aim of this therapeutic agent is to kill the hypnozoites in liver in non-falciparum malaria.

What stage of the parasitic life cycle that is found within the salvia of the female Anopheles mosquito?

A patient returns from West Africa. When looking under light microscopy at erythrocytes, large coarse disc like granulations are observed. What are these inclusions called?

A gap year student returns back from the Borneo after completing the “World Challenge” after returning 12days ago he has a daily fever. What is the likely infective organism?

ANSWERS

1. J

2. M

3. O

4. E

5. I