endometritis is one of the major causes of infertility in mares. the present study was conducted to evaluate intrauterine infusion of eucalyptus globulus oil as treatment for mares with experimentally induced endometritis. mares (n=8) were synchronized using two injections of pgf2α (10 mg) 14 days apart. all mares were inoculated with a live culture of 5 × 106 cfu s. zooepidemicus in the dioest...

Traditionally, ovulation induction (OI) with intrauterine insemination (IUI) has been a strategy used to maximize pregnancy outcomes in patients attempting pregnancy. A common pattern of performing OI/IUI historically has been to begin OI using oral medications, such as Clomiphene Citrate or Letrozole, and then escalating medical management to include injectable Gonadotropins such as follicle s...

OBJECTIVE To compare discontinuation rates of the levonorgestrel and copper intrauterine devices (IUDs) among women with human immunodeficiency virus. METHODS A double-masked randomized trial was conducted at Mulago Hospital, Uganda. Women received either a copper or levonorgestrel IUD. The primary outcome was discontinuation of intrauterine contraception within 1 year of placement. The secon...

background: recurrent abortion is defined as three or more consecutive pregnancy losses. we aimed to determine the relationship between male sperm parameters and hypo-osmotic swelling score and recurrent abortion. we also studied whether washing of spermatozoa and intrauterine insemination in patients with recurrent miscarriage and low score hypo-osmotic swelling test in male partners could imp...

Background: Recurrent abortion is defined as three or more consecutive pregnancy losses. We aimed to determine the relationship between male sperm parameters and hypo-osmotic swelling score and recurrent abortion. We also studied whether washing of spermatozoa and intrauterine insemination in patients with recurrent miscarriage and low score hypo-osmotic swelling test in male partners could imp...

A 31-year-old Japanese female, gravida 4, para 0, who had previously experienced three spontaneous abortions during 7 th or 8 th month of gestation was diagnosed with intrauterine fetal death at 26th weeks of gestational age. Investigations for maternal and fetal etiologies, including toxemia, incompatibility of blood groups and types, and infections, proved negative. Anoxia which resulted in t...

Rubella contracted in early pregnancy is associated with a high frequency of congenital anomalies in the infant. Viral transmission occurs in overt as well as occult maternal illness with or without a rise in maternal rubella antibody titres. It is thus both difficult and important to determine whether the fetus has become infected in utero. One approach is to isolate rubella virus from amnioti...

We describe five cases of Q fever in pregnant women that were diagnosed during the last 3 years in the town of Martigues in Southern France. Analysis of our cases and the 18 other published cases shows that Q fever is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in pregnancy. The disease may present as an acute or chronic infection and can be reactivated during subsequent pregnancies, as is s...

Received April 2006 Accepted October 2006 INTRODUCTION Foreign bodies in the bladder can result in recurrent urinary tract infection (UTI), hematuria, calculus formation, and pelvic pain.(1) Instruments used for surgical and endoscopic procedures or masturbation may migrate into the bladder. Intrauterine device (IUD) is a safe and cost-effective means of contraception.(2) However, since its app...

Sexually transmitted diseases and infections (STDIs) are known to have a major socioeconomic and biologic impact, par notticularly on women (e.g., sterility, ectopic pregnancies, neo notplasms, etc.) and fetus (intrauterine and perinatal mortality, infection, malformations). Sex work noters do not use health services appropriately and are a high-risk category. Despite this evidence, data on pro...