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Blackwater Fever in Children, Burundi
- Source :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vol 11, Iss 7, Pp 1118-1120 (2005)
- Publication Year :
- 2005
- Publisher :
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2005.
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Abstract
- 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.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 10806040 and 10806059
- Volume :
- 11
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Emerging Infectious Diseases
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.9453788aecf44c5e8979aacb749edec7
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1107.041237