Disease or Syndrome
blackwater fever
Subclass of:
Malaria, Falciparum
Definitions related to blackwater fever:
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A complication of malaria resulting from hemolysis.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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A complication of MALARIA, FALCIPARUM characterized by the passage of dark red to black urine.NLM Medical Subject HeadingsU.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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Blackwater fever, one of the less common yet most dangerous complications of malaria. It occurs almost exclusively with infection from the parasite Plasmodium falciparum. Blackwater fever has a high mortality. Its symptoms include a rapid pulse, high fever and chills, extreme prostration, a rapidly...Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
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