An imported case of P. falciparum malaria presenting as black water fever with acute renal failure

Travel Medicine and Infectious Disease

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 378-380

  Khan, Fahmi Yousef ^a   Al Haddad, Dalia ^a  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

Author keywords

Blackwater fever; Haemoglobinuria; Imported malaria; Quinine

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; DOXYCYCLINE; ELECTROLYTE; INFUSION FLUID; PARACETAMOL; QUININE;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ELECTROLYTE BLOOD LEVEL; FEVER; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; NIGERIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMEAR; SPLENOMEGALY; TROPHOZOITE; UREMIA; URINE COLOR; URINE VOLUME;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTIMALARIALS; AZOTEMIA; BLACKWATER FEVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DOXYCYCLINE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, ACUTE; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; QUININE; RENAL DIALYSIS; TRAVEL;

EID: 70450246991     PISSN: 14778939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tmaid.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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