Effect of urogenital infections on sperm parameters and hypofertility in man.
Urogenital infections can notably reduce the sperm's capacity of fecundation by affecting the spermatozoa directly. The aim of this study was to compare the main parameters of the spermogram of 2 groups of hypofertile subjects, the first group presenting negative semen cultures, the second one positive semen cultures. The only significantly different parameter between these 2 groups of hypofertile patients studied was motility. This anomaly alone could explain some states of hypofertility.
Service de Microbiologie, CHU de Bicêtre, France.
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Jacques
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Mathieu
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Auer
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Auroux
D000328:Adult; D005832:Genital Diseases, Male / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D013076:Sperm Count; D013081:Sperm Motility; D014552:Urinary Tract Infections / Q000150:complications*