Blackwater fever treated with artemether.

Blackwater fever is a rare manifestation of falciparum malaria characterized by sudden intravascular hemolysis followed by fever and hemoglobinuria. We present a case of blackwater fever, having occurred after administration of quinine, which was treated successfully with artemether.

Toxic epidermal necrolysis secondary to carbamazepine in a patient with human immunodeficiency virus infection.

Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN) is a rare but very serious dermatologic disorder and is seen more commonly in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients. We present a case of TEN in HIV infected person secondary to carbamazepine who responded favourably to corticosteroids.