Blackwater fever

Introduction: Blackwater fever

Description of Blackwater fever

Blackwater fever: hemoglobinuria resulting from severe hemolysis occurring in falciparum malaria. SYN: malarial hemoglobinuria.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.

Blackwater fever: severe and often fatal malaria characterized by kidney damage resulting in dark urine.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Blackwater fever: A species of protozoa that is the causal agent of falciparum malaria (MALARIA, FALCIPARUM). It is most prevalent in the tropics and subtropics.
Source: Diseases Database

Blackwater fever: A complication of MALARIA, FALCIPARUM characterized by the passage of dark red to black urine.
Source: MeSH 2007

Blackwater fever: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Blackwater fever:

• Blackwater
• Fever (2274 causes)
• Hemoglobinuria
• Hemolysis
• Malaria
• SYN
• Malarial

Terms associated with Blackwater fever:

Terms Similar to Blackwater fever:

• Blackwater fever
• Plasmodium falciparum
• Malaria (malignant tertian)
• Plasmodium falciparum
• Malaria (malignant tertian)
• Black water fever

Source: Diseases Database

• Malaria, Hemolytic

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Blackwater fever

• Malaria, Falciparum

Source - MeSH 2007

• malaria

Source - WordNet 2.1

Hierarchical classifications of Blackwater fever

The following list attempts to classify Blackwater fever into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• malaria
• protozoal infection
• infection
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Parasitic Diseases
  • Protozoan Infections
    • Coccidiosis
      • Malaria
        • Malaria, Falciparum
          • Blackwater Fever

Disease Ontology - OBO (Open Biomedical Ontologies)

• Malaria, unspecified
• RICKETTSIOSES AND OTHER ARTHROPOD-BORNE DISEASES
• Unspecified infectious and parasitic diseases
• DISEASES AND INJURIES
• Disease Ontology V2.1 2005

External links related to: Blackwater fever

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• Iron chelating agents for treating malaria (Cochrane Review)
• Steroids for treating cerebral malaria (Cochrane Review)
• Intrarectal quinine for treating Plasmodium falciparum malaria (Cochrane Review)
• Mefloquine for preventing malaria in non-immune adult travellers (Cochrane Review)
• Vaccines for preventing malaria (Cochrane Review)
• Blood transfusion for treating malarial anaemia (Cochrane Review)
• Malaria chemoprophylaxis in sickle cell disease (Cochrane Review)
• Artemisinin derivatives for treating uncomplicated malaria (Cochrane Review)
• Artemether-lumefantrine for treating uncomplicated falciparum malaria (Cochrane Review)
• Chloroquine or amodiaquine combined with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for treating uncomplicated malaria (Cochrane Review)
• DPDx - Malaria
• Plasmodium (malaria) images
• Yellow Book 2005-6: Table of Contents, Outline View - CDC Travelers' Health
• High first dose quinine regimen for treating severe malaria (Cochrane Review)
• Artemisinin derivatives for treating severe malaria (Cochrane Review)
• Plasmodium (malaria)
• Iron chelating agents for treating malaria (Cochrane Review)
• Steroids for treating cerebral malaria (Cochrane Review)
• Intrarectal quinine for treating Plasmodium falciparum malaria (Cochrane Review)
• Mefloquine for preventing malaria in non-immune adult travellers (Cochrane Review)
• Vaccines for preventing malaria (Cochrane Review)
• Blood transfusion for treating malarial anaemia (Cochrane Review)
• Malaria chemoprophylaxis in sickle cell disease (Cochrane Review)
• Artemisinin derivatives for treating uncomplicated malaria (Cochrane Review)
• Artemether-lumefantrine for treating uncomplicated falciparum malaria (Cochrane Review)
• Chloroquine or amodiaquine combined with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for treating uncomplicated malaria (Cochrane Review)
• DPDx - Malaria
• Plasmodium (malaria) images
• Yellow Book 2005-6: Table of Contents, Outline View - CDC Travelers' Health
• High first dose quinine regimen for treating severe malaria (Cochrane Review)
• Artemisinin derivatives for treating severe malaria (Cochrane Review)

Source: Diseases Database

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