It may be that quinine plays a role in triggering the condition, and this drug is no longer commonly used for malaria prophylaxis. Quinine remains important for treatment of malaria. Diagnosis
Treatment
The treatment is antimalarial chemotherapy, intravenous fluid and sometimes supportive care such as intensive care and dialysis. Society and culture
Prominent victims
Prior to his photography career, Henri Cartier-Bresson contracted blackwater fever while hunting in Western Africa. Expecting to die, he sent instructions to his family on his wishes for a funeral. He made a full recovery. Zoologist John Samuel Budgett died from the disease in 1904, after returning from a collecting trip to West Africa, in search of specimens of the fish Polypterus. Missionary and explorer George Grenfell died after a bad attack of blackwater fever at Basoko on 1 July 1906. Jesse Brand, a missionary to the Chat Mountains in India, died of blackwater fever in 1928. Actor Don Adams, best known as Maxwell Smart from the popular sitcom Get Smart and as the title character in Inspector Gadget, contracted blackwater fever after being shot in combat at Guadalcanal during World War II. Adams was evacuated from his United States Marine Corps unit to a hospital in New Zealand where he ultimately made a full recovery. Humanitarian and MMA fighter Justin Wren contracted malaria, which devolved into blackwater fever, while drilling water-wells for Congo Pygmies in 2013. The affliction nearly claimed Wrens life. He was misdiagnosed four times and required airlift to Uganda, where he narrowly recovered from severe symptoms.
Tredree
The Mottled Lizard, a 1962 memoir of Kenya by Elspeth Huxley
Wolfenstein: The Old Blood, referenced by Wesley (Agent One) near the beginning of the game

See also
Malarial nephropathy


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