May 2013

Pregnancy following endometrial ablation resulting in subtotal hysterectomy under spinal anaesthesia – A case report

  A 44-year-old woman presented in her second pregnancy following a cavaterm balloon endometrial ablation three years earlier. Antenatal scans showed a fibroid measuring 11 × 7.5 × 8.2 cm in the lower segment. The placenta was fundal positioned and the baby’s growth was normal. At 32 weeks, a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan excluded placenta percreta but was unable to exclude placenta...

Author(s): Menelik Lee and Nicholas Kenney

May 2013

Roseomonas mucosa isolated from bloodstream of the myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) patient

  Roseomonas is a recently proposed genus of pink-pigmented, non-fermentative, short gram-negative rod-bacteria which have been recognized as a cause of human infections. We report a case of bacteremia associated with Roseomonas mucosa isolated from a patient with a history of nodular goiter and multiple episodes of blood transfusion.   Key words: Roseomonas mucosa,...

Author(s): Tang Xiao-long, Liu Peng, Cai Shu-yu, Hu Le-lin, Jiang Zhen-you, Chen Chen, Chen Jia，Wu Xian-Lin and Chen Xiao-Yin