title: Enhancing detection of gonococcus in ejaculates of adult males using sperm dilution.
abstract: Specific cultures were used to detect growth of Neisseria Gonorrhoeae (NG) in 90 ejaculates of partners of childless marriages. Although no gonococcal growth was observed in undiluted semen, 9 out of 68 subjects with silent infection presented growth of NG in seminal plasma after dilution 1:2 with saline. It is concluded that semen dilution increases the chances of detection of NG in semen samples of asymptomatic gonococci carriers.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002353:Carrier State / Q000382:microbiology; D006069:Gonorrhea / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000382:microbiology; D008297:Male; D009344:Neisseria gonorrhoeae / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012661:Semen / Q000382:microbiology*; D013048:Specimen Handling