title: [Bacteriology of the ejaculate--a useful study?].
abstract: In a retrospective study we analyzed the results of 318 bacteriologic tests of ejaculates from 175 patients with suspected infections of the prostate, epididymis and urethra. Only 55% of all bacteriologic tests were positive, and the bacteria most frequently found were those normally present in the anterior male urethra, enterococci and coagulase-negative staphylococci. These results indicate that bacteriologic testing of the ejaculate does not yield such reliable results as the segmented urine culture technique and the examination of expressed prostatic secretions.
authors.affiliation: Urologische Klinik, Universitätsspital Zürich, Schweiz.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Eijsten
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hauri
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Knönagel
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001419:Bacteria / Q000302:isolation & purification; D001424:Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D001437:Bacteriuria / Q000382:microbiology; D002908:Chronic Disease; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D004823:Epididymitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011472:Prostatitis / Q000382:microbiology*; D012661:Semen / Q000382:microbiology*; D014526:Urethritis / Q000382:microbiology*
vernacular_title: Die Ejakulatbakteriologie--Eine sinnvolle Untersuchung?