Blackwater fever in Congolese children: A report of clinical, laboratory features and risk factors

Malaria Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bodi, Joseph M ^a   Nsibu, Célestin N ^a   Longenge, Roland L ^a   Aloni, Michel N ^b   Akilimali, Pierre Z ^a   Tshibassu, Pierre M ^b   Kayembe, Patrick K ^a   Omar, Ahmeddin H ^c   Hirayama, Kenji ^d   Verhaegen, Jan ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

^b University of Kinshasa   (Democratic Republic Congo)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kenya)

^d NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Blackwater fever; Children; Democratic Republic of Congo; Kinshasa; Parasitaemia; Quinine ingestion

Indexed keywords

CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN; QUININE; UREA;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEMATOCRIT; HEMOGLOBINURIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; THROMBOCYTE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLACKWATER FEVER; BLOOD; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PLASMODIUM MALARIAE; QUININE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URINE;

EID: 84878895733     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-12-205     Document Type: Article

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