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Disseminated amoebiasis in pregnancy: A maternal near-miss

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Obstetric Medicine: The Medicine of Pregnancy

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Abstract

Obstetric Medicine, Ahead of Print.
Disseminated amoebiasis in pregnancy, though rare, can be life-threatening and mimic bacterial sepsis or inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We report a case of maternal near-miss at 18 weeks of gestation due to amoebic colitis and liver abscess. The woman ...