Disease or Syndrome
blackwater fever
Subclass of:
Malaria, Falciparum
Definitions related to blackwater fever:
  • A complication of malaria resulting from hemolysis.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • A complication of MALARIA, FALCIPARUM characterized by the passage of dark red to black urine.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • 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
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2025
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