Clinical aspects of Plasmodium falciparum infection. Case presentation
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Background The variability of clinical manifestation of Plasmodium falciparum (PF) infection remains a challenge in subSaharian countries, where clinical exam is the first diagnostic line. The main objective of the presentations is to show the multitude of clinical aspects of PF infection. I selected some cases from an indeterminate lot of patients who have been consulted and treated in Centre de Santé Buraniro, Province Kayanza, Burundi, Africa, between November 2012 – August 2013. I choose for presentation: severe anemia among children, articular manifestation among teenagers, cerebral manifestation among elders, malnutrition and severe complication of malaria.
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