Blackwater fever in southern Vietnam: a prospective descriptive study of 50 cases.

We prospectively studied 50 Vietnamese patients with blackwater fever (BWF). All patients had fever and hemoglobinuria, 40 (80%) were jaundiced, 25 (50%) had hepatomegaly, 15 (34%) had splenomegaly, and 9 (18%) had hepatosplenomegaly. Twenty-one patients (42%) had impaired renal function, with creat...

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Main Authors: Tran, T, Day, N, Ly, VC, Nguyen, T, Pham, P, Nguyen, H, Bethell, D, Dihn, X, White, N
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 1996