Malaria Clinical Guide

Infectious diseases
11 articles

Malaria is a disease which affects approximately 100 million people and kills several hundred thousand each year. In our era of world travel, most primary care physicians and many specialists are bound to encounter patients who have travelled from or are planning to travel to regions of the planet where malaria is prevalent. So odds are high that you will see this disease in your practice.

In this Clinical Guide, we summarize the essential knowledge you need to diagnose and treat your patients with malaria.

Malaria is a disease which affects approximately 100 million people and kills several hundred thousand each year. In our era of world travel, most primary care physicians and many specialists are bound to encounter patients who have travelled from or are planning to travel to regions of the planet where malaria is prevalent. So odds are high that you will see this disease in your practice.

In this Clinical Guide, we summarize the essential knowledge you need to diagnose and treat your patients with malaria.

Last update29th Apr 2021
Chapter 2

Malaria diagnosis and treatment

In the articles of this chapter, we dive deeper into the clinical manifestations of the various types of malaria and show you pathologically why Plasmodium kills thousands of vulnerable individuals each year. We’ll prepare you to begin to develop confidence in screening blood films for these parasites based upon morphologic features of the different species. We review how anti-malarial drugs work and the rationale for their use in both milder cases of malaria as well as severe, life-threatening cases. Lastly, we summarize the current and future species-specific prevention strategies.

The clinical signs and symptoms of malaria

Learn how to recognize the clinical signs and symptoms of malaria from our expert in this Clinical Guide article.

By John F. Fisher, MD MACP FIDSALast update 29th Apr 20214m read

The clinical features of severe malaria

In this short Medmastery article, explore the clinical features and life-threatening symptoms of severe malaria.

By John F. Fisher, MD MACP FIDSALast update 26th Nov 20203m read

How to identify the type of malaria on a blood smear

In this Medmastery Clinical Guide article, learn how to identify the subtype of malaria from a blood smear. See photos.

By John F. Fisher, MD MACP FIDSALast update 14th Jul 20216m read

Testing for malaria: Rapid diagnostic tests and PCR

In this Medmastery article, read about the most common tests used worldwide for diagnosing malaria: RDTs and PCR.

By John F. Fisher, MD MACP FIDSALast update 2nd Aug 20223m read

How to treat uncomplicated malaria

Are you treating a patient with malaria? Check out this article on the gold-standard for treating uncomplicated malaria.

By John F. Fisher, MD MACP FIDSALast update 29th Apr 20214m read

How to treat severe malaria

Learn how to treat and manage severe malaria in your patients from an expert in this Medmastery article.

By John F. Fisher, MD MACP FIDSALast update 29th Apr 20213m read

How to prevent malaria

Learn everything you need to know about malaria prophylaxis (and vaccines) in this Medmastery article.

By John F. Fisher, MD MACP FIDSALast update 29th Apr 20214m read

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