No influence of the indication of freeze-all strategy on subsequent outcome to frozen-thawed embryo transfer cycle.

Background: Freezing all embryos generated during an IVF/ICSI attempt is used increasingly as a strategy to optimize results. We investigated whether we could find differences in outcome between subpopulations of patients undergoing the so-called "freeze all" procedure.

Methods: Non-interventional, observational, retrospective study of 131 freeze-all cycles performed between July 2015 and December 2016 at the University Hospital of Ghent (Belgium).

Leptrotrichia Amnionii, an emerging pathogen of postpartum endometritis.

Leptotrichia amnionii, a recently described fastidious gram-negative anaerobic bacterium, is an opportunistic pathogen of the female urogenital tract. We report a rare case of L. amnionii bacteremia in a patient with postpartum endometritis which was successfully treated by amoxicilline-clavunalate.

Does transferring three or more embryos make sense for a well-defined population of infertility patients undergoing IVF/ICSI?

Recently, there has been a marked increase in the use of Single Embryo Transfer (SET) subsequent to In Vitro Fertili-zation (IVF) and Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI), with the aim of reducing the risk of multiple gestations. However, critics have stated that by reducing the number of embryos transferred, a group of women with an a priori reduced chance of pregnancy are at particular greater risk of undertreatment. This group includes women who are of a certain age (≥ 40 years) or have already received a number of - failed - IVF attempts.