contents for malaria treatment

INTRODUCTION
  
OBJECTIVES
PARASITES AND RISK GROUP
  
DIAGNOSIS
   FOLLOW-UP SMEAR
UNCOMPLICATED MALARIA IN NON-IMMUNES
  
SYMPTOMS
   TREATMENT
         Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine
         Quinine
         Chloroquine
SEVERE AND COMPLICATED MALARIA
  
SYMPTOMS
   TREATMENT
         Quinine
             Loading dose
           Maintenance dose
        
Combination of quinine and doxycycline (or sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine)
             Doxycycline
             Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine
        
Alternative treatment
             Halofantrine
             Mefloquine
             Artemisinin
  
GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF SEVERE MALARIA
TREATMENT OF NON-PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM INFECTIONS
 
CHLOROQUINE AND PRIMAQUINE
TREATMENT OF MIXED PLASMODIUM INFECTIONS
TREATMENT OF PREGNANT WOMEN
  
QUININE
   CHLOROQUINE
   SULFADOXINE-PYRIMETHAMINE
   MEFLOQUINE
TREATMENT OF INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN
REFERENCES
LIST OF TABLES

TABLE 1 : Treatment of uncomplicated malaria
TABLE 2 : Treatment of severe and complicated malaria
TABLE 3 : Treatment of non-Plasmodium falciparum infection

 

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