: Causes of blackwater fever, a complication of malaria treatment, are not completely clear, and immune mechanisms might be involved. Clinical management is not standardized. We describe an episode of blackwater fever in a nonimmune 12-year-old girl in Italy who was treated with steroids, resulting in a rapid clinical resolution.
Blackwater Fever Treated with Steroids in Nonimmune Patient, Italy / Di Biase, Anna Rita; Buonfrate, Dora; Stefanelli, Francesca; Zavarise, Giorgio; Franceschini, Erica; Mussini, Cristina; Iughetti, Lorenzo; Gobbi, Federico. - In: EMERGING INFECTIOUS DISEASES. - ISSN 1080-6059. - 29:4(2023), pp. 831-833. [10.3201/eid2904.221267]
Blackwater Fever Treated with Steroids in Nonimmune Patient, Italy
Stefanelli, Francesca;Franceschini, Erica;Mussini, Cristina;Iughetti, Lorenzo;
2023
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: Causes of blackwater fever, a complication of malaria treatment, are not completely clear, and immune mechanisms might be involved. Clinical management is not standardized. We describe an episode of blackwater fever in a nonimmune 12-year-old girl in Italy who was treated with steroids, resulting in a rapid clinical resolution.
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