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Leptospirosis as a cause of intrauterine fetal demise: short report of rare presentation.

Shalini S Gainder, Rimpi R Singla, Lakhbir L Dhaliwal, and Vikas V Suri

Audio, Transactions of the IRE Professio... 281(6):1061-3 (2010) PMID 20440597

We present a rare severe leptospirosis in a patient who presented with fever, jaundice, coagulopathy and intrauterine fetal demise. Possibility of leptospirosis should be kept in an obstetric patient with such clinical profile particularly in endemic areas or if there is recent outbreak of disease.

DOI: 10.1007/s00404-009-1266-y
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