Pathology EMQ template

Your Name: Helen McDill

Your Identifier: 454196

Theme: Malaria

OPTION LIST

A	Artemisinin	I	P. malariae
B	Chloroquine	J	P. ovale
C	Doxycycline	K	P. Vivax
D	Female Anopheles	L	IV.Quinine
E	Malarone	M	Tetracycline
F	Male Anopheles	N	Thick
G	Mefloqunine	O	Thin
H	P. falciparum	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.

1. If the patient has malaria and G6PDD which drug should they not be given?

2. Patient presents with Jaundice. He has recently come back from visiting family in Sub-Saharan Africa. He has hepatosplenomegaly on examination. He has severe malaise and his Hb is 5g/dl. He goes onto develop altered consciousness. He is suspected of having malaria. What blood film would you carry out to determine what type of malaria he has?

3. A patient is diagnosed with P. falciparum and is treated according with chloroquine. However he fails to respond. What should he be treated with next?

4. Patients who lack the Duffy antigen are resistant to which type of malaria?

5. This type of Malaria doesn’t form a hypnozoite?

ANSWERS

1. B

2. N

3. L and M

4. K

5. H