Cytokine concentrations in seminal plasma from subfertile men are not indicative of the presence of Ureaplasma urealyticum or Mycoplasma hominis in the lower genital tract

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 697-700

  Pannekoek, Y ^a   Trum, J W ^a   Bleker, O P ^a   Van Der Veen, F ^a   Spanjaard, L ^a   Dankert, J ^a  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 6; INTERLEUKIN 8; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GENITAL TRACT INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; UREAPLASMA;

EID: 0033870885     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-49-8-697     Document Type: Article

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