Blackwater Fever Treated with Steroids in Nonimmune Patient, Italy

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...

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Autores principales: Di Biase, Anna Rita, Buonfrate, Dora, Stefanelli, Francesca, Zavarise, Giorgio, Franceschini, Erica, Mussini, Cristina, Iughetti, Lorenzo, Gobbi, Federico
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Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023
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Research Letter
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10045699/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36958024
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2904.221267
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author Di Biase, Anna Rita
Buonfrate, Dora
Stefanelli, Francesca
Zavarise, Giorgio
Franceschini, Erica
Mussini, Cristina
Iughetti, Lorenzo
Gobbi, Federico
author_facet Di Biase, Anna Rita
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Franceschini, Erica
Mussini, Cristina
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description 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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spelling pubmed-100456992023-04-01 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 Emerg Infect Dis Research Letter 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. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2023-04 /pmc/articles/PMC10045699/ /pubmed/36958024 http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2904.221267 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Emerging Infectious Diseases is a publication of the U.S. Government. This publication is in the public domain and is therefore without copyright. All text from this work may be reprinted freely. Use of these materials should be properly cited.
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Di Biase, Anna Rita
Buonfrate, Dora
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Zavarise, Giorgio
Franceschini, Erica
Mussini, Cristina
Iughetti, Lorenzo
Gobbi, Federico
Blackwater Fever Treated with Steroids in Nonimmune Patient, Italy
title Blackwater Fever Treated with Steroids in Nonimmune Patient, Italy
title_full Blackwater Fever Treated with Steroids in Nonimmune Patient, Italy
title_fullStr Blackwater Fever Treated with Steroids in Nonimmune Patient, Italy
title_full_unstemmed Blackwater Fever Treated with Steroids in Nonimmune Patient, Italy
title_short Blackwater Fever Treated with Steroids in Nonimmune Patient, Italy
title_sort blackwater fever treated with steroids in nonimmune patient, italy
topic Research Letter
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10045699/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36958024
http://dx.doi.org/10.3201/eid2904.221267
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