Background. Mycoplasma genitalium was first reported as a cause of non-gonococcal urethritis in 1980. It has progressed from being an ‘emerging’ sexually transmitted infection (STI) to an accepted STI. Prevalence of infection has been reported as the Netherlands 4.5%, Sweden 6.3%, UK 1.2% and France 4%. M. genitalium has the smallest known bacterial genome and was the second bacterial genome fu...

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BACKGROUND Chlamydia trachomatis is the most common notifiable disease in Canada, and extragenital sites are believed to serve as hidden reservoirs for ongoing transmission of infection. There are no specific Canadian screening guidelines for asymptomatic individuals from extragenital sites. We sought to determine the prevalence and factors associated with rectal C. trachomatis among female sex...

A case of spontaneous pneumothorax occurring at the end of labour in a healthy 17-year-old primigravida is described. Its occurrence was accompanied by marked surgical emphysema of the face, neck, arms and thorax. The patient had had previous thyroid surgery and was coincidentally found to have bilateral cervical ribs on chest X-ray. Previously described cases are reviewed, and the management d...

A case of spontaneous pneumothorax .occurring at the end of labour in a healthy 17-year-old primigravida is described. Its occurrence was accompanied by marked surgical emphysema of the face, neck, arms and thorax. The patient had had previous thyroid surgery and was coincidentally found to have bilateral cervical ribs on chest X-ray. Previously described cases are reviewed, and the management ...