TY - JOUR AU - Di Biase, Anna Rita AU - Buonfrate, Dora AU - Stefanelli, Francesca AU - Zavarise, Giorgio AU - Franceschini, Erica AU - Mussini, Cristina AU - Iughetti, Lorenzo AU - Gobbi, Federico T1 - Blackwater Fever Treated with Steroids in Nonimmune Patient, Italy T2 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal PY - 2023 VL - 29 IS - 4 SP - 831 SN - 1080-6059 AB - 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. KW - Blackwater fever KW - malaria KW - hemoglobinuria KW - Plasmodium falciparum KW - quinine KW - artemisinin derivatives KW - parasites KW - Italy DO - 10.3201/eid2904.221267 UR - https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/29/4/22-1267_article ER - End of Reference