Prevalence of amoebiasis at autopsy in Ibadan
- 1 January 1972
- journal article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
- Vol. 66 (5) , 754-763
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0035-9203(72)90090-9
Abstract
The pathology of amoebiasis as seen in a study of 7,922 necropsies in the University College Hospital, Ibadan, has been studied. Amoebiasis accounted for death in 135 subjects (1·9%). The most common complications were liver abscess and peritonitis. There was a significant increased frequency of amoebiasis in pregnancy when compared with non-pregnant females. Ulcerative post-dysenteric colitis may be more frequent than this study suggested.Keywords
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