Blackwater Fever in Children, Burundi

Gobbi, Federico; Audagnotto, Sabrina; Trentini, Laura; Nkurunziza, Innocent; Corachan, Manuel; Di Perri, Giovanni

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Blackwater Fever in Children, Burundi

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Jul 2005
By Gobbi, Federico ; Audagnotto, Sabrina ; Trentini, Laura ; ...

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Emerg Infect Dis
Personal Author:

Gobbi, Federico ; Audagnotto, Sabrina ; Trentini, Laura ; Nkurunziza, Innocent ; Corachan, Manuel ; Di Perri, Giovanni
Description:

Blackwater fever is characterized by acute intravascular hemolysis with hemoglobinuria in patients with Plasmodium falciparum malaria. Its pathogenesis and management are still debated. Nine cases of this syndrome occurred in 2003 at Kiremba Hospital in Burundi in children receiving multiple quinine treatments.
Subjects:

Adolescent Adrenal Cortex Hormones Antimalarials Artemisinins Blackwater Fever Burundi Child Children Dispatch Humans Infant Male P. Falciparum Malaria Quinine Sesquiterpenes
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Emerg Infect Dis. 11(7):1118-1120.
Document Type:

Journal Article
Volume:

11
Issue:

7
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Emerging Infectious Diseases
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urn:sha256:e8063d3a63fcb6af6a18f8488d529794d0b236de01fc9955c9eec66cf1c71f8b
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