Comments on: Calcutta School of Tropical Medicine

By: Dr. Allison Clough

Dr. Allison Clough — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 17:53:21 +0000

Blackwater fever is caused by rapid breakdown of the blood cells by massive infection by malaria parasites. Even in milder infection, some hemoglobinuria develops just because of the rupture of blood cells. In blackwater fever, the breakdown is so heavy that the urine turns black, kidney failure develops and death soon follows. It is almost always a complication of falciparum malaria.

By: DR.G.S. Jana

DR.G.S. Jana — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 10:17:04 +0000

Dr Amitabha Nandi started malpractice at school of Tropical Medicine, Calcutta at the time he hold the post of Head of the Malaria Department but the STM director have not taken any action against him. This is the present situation of STM.

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By: naman

naman — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 23:55:52 +0000

Sam, it’s essentially an academic medical center – they provide clinical services, medical education, and conduct research. They maintain these two small museums in line with their teaching goal.

By: Sam

Sam — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 22:45:42 +0000

is it a research facility and a museum?

By: naman

naman — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:53:48 +0000

Thanks for the correction CJ. I was thinking one and wrote the other!

By: CJ

CJ — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 10:33:17 +0000

Thank you for your malaria blog.

Hematuria in your article is not correct:
“black water fever (ie. intense hematuria precipitated by malaria infection in someone undertaking quinine prophylaxsis).”

It should be hemaglobinuria.

Black-water fever is most often associated with the use of antimalarial medication, especially quinine, but in this patient, dark urine developed before quinine therapy, making this diagnosis less likely.(”Hemoglobinuria with Malaria” by Martin Tombe, M.D. Mpilo Central Hospital
Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, published in NEJM.)

I myself vitnessed scores of hemaglobinuria with malaria; none of them took quine.