A case of blackwater fever with persistent Plasmodium falciparum parasitaemia detected by PCR after artemether-lumefantrine treatment.
Paul John HugganChin Hin NgJennifer HoRaymond Tzer Pin Valentine LinJean-Marc ChavattePublished in: Malaria journal (2018)
To the authors' knowledge this is the first reported occurrence of a case of blackwater fever associated with prolonged submicroscopic parasitaemia. This unusual case challenges the current knowledge of the pathogenesis of this condition and opens questions that may have important diagnostic and treatment implications.