A case of blackwater fever with persistent Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia detected by PCR after artemether–lumefantrine treatment

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Paul John Huggan, Chin Hin Ng, Jennifer Ho, Raymond Tzer Pin Valentine Lin, Jean-Marc Chavatte
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2018
• Subjects: Plasmodium falciparum; Blackwater fever; Persistent parasitaemia; Artemether–lumefantrine; PCR; Haemoglobinuria; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Traveller
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2180-1; https://doaj.org/article/195c36e14ed84c93ad5338bdf60c41d2

Abstract Background Blackwater fever is a complication of malaria infection consisting of a syndrome of febrile intra-vascular haemolysis with severe anaemia and intermittent passage of dark-red to black colour urine. Despite numerous reports and studies of this condition, its pathogenesis remains i...