Bacterial flora of the low male genital tract in patients consulting for infertility

Andrologia

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 160-165

  Virecoulon, F ^a   Wallet, F ^a   Fruchart Flamenbaum, A ^a   Rigot, J M ^a   Peers, M C ^a   Mitchell, V ^a   Courcol, René J ^a  

^a LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Aerobic bacterial flora; Leucocytospermia; Semen; Ureaplasma urealyticum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; COAGULASE POSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MALE INFERTILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MICROBIOLOGY; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SPERM; STREPTOCOCCACEAE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SEMEN; STREPTOCOCCACEAE; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 33644641595     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2005.00673.x     Document Type: Article

References (23)

1. Berger RE, Karp LE, Williamson RA, Koehler J, Moore DE, Holmes KK (1982) The relationship of pyospermia and seminal fluid bacteriology to sperm function as reflected in the sperm penetration assay. Fertil Steril 37:557-564.
2. Boucher P, Lejeune H, Pinatel MC, Gille Y (1995) Spermoculture: improvement of the bacteriological quality of samples by direct verbal counseling before semen collection. Fertil Steril 64:657-660.
3. Busolo F, Zanchetta R, Lanzone E, Cusinato R (1984) Microbial flora in semen of asymptomatic infertile men. Andrologia 16:269-275.
4. Comhaire FH, Mahmoud AMA, Depuydt CE, Zalata AA, Christophe AB (1999) Mechanisms and effects of male genital tract infection on sperm quality and fertilizing potential: the andrologist's viewpoint. Hum Reprod Update 5:393-398.
5. Cottell E, Lennon B, McMorrow J, Barry-Kinsella C, Harrison RF (1997) Processing of semen in a antibiotic-rich culture medium to minimize microbial presence during in vitro fertilization. Fertil Steril 67:98-103.
6. Eggert-Kruse W, Pohl S, Näher H, Tilgen W, Runnebaum B (1992) Microbial colonization and sperm-mucus interaction: results in 1000 infertile couples. Hum Reprod 7:612-620.
7. Elsner P, Hartmann AA, Wecker I (1988) Gardnerella vaginalis is associated with other sexually transmittable microorganisms in the male urethra. Zentralbl Bakteriol Mikrobiol Hyg 269:56-63.
8. Guillet-Rosso F, Fari A, Taylor S, Forman R, Belaisch-Allart J, Testart J, Frydman R (1987) Systematic semen culture and its influence on IVF management. Br J Obstet Gynaecol 94:543-547.
9. Keck C, Gerber-Schäfer C, Clad A, Wilhelm C, Breckwoldt M (1998) Seminal tract infections: impact on male fertility and treatment options. Hum Reprod Update 4:891-903.
10. Kim FY, Goldstein M (1999) Antibacterial skin preparation decreases the incidence of false-positive semen culture results. J Urol 161:819-821.
11. Larsen B, Monif GRG (2001) Understanding the bacterial flora of the female genital tract. Clin Infect Dis 32:69-77.
12. Mårdh PA, Colleen S (1975) Antimicrobial activity of human seminal fluid. Scand J Urol Nephrol 9:17-23.
13. Nickel JC, Costerton JW (1999) Coagulase-negative Staphylococcus in chronic prostatitis. J Urol 147:398-401.
14. Nyberg LM, Krieger JN, Nickel JC (1999) National Institutes of Health classification of chronic prostatitis. In: Textbook of Prostatitis. Nickel JC (ed). Isis Medical Media, Oxford, pp. 27-29.
15. Purvis K, Christiansen E (1993) Infection in the male reproductive tract. Impact, diagnosis and treatment in relation to male infertility. Int J Androl 16:1-13.
16. Rowe PJ, Comhaire FH, Hargreave TB, Mahmoud AMA (2000) WHO Manual for the Standardized Investigation, Diagnosis and Management of the Infertile Male. World Health Organization. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
17. Shepard MC, Lunceford CD (1976) Differential agar medium (A7) for identification of Ureaplasma urealyticum (human T mycoplasmas) in primary cultures of clinical material. J Clin Microbiol 3:613-625.
18. Shivaji S (1984) Antimicrobial activity of semen. Trends Biochem Sci 9:104-107.
19. Taylor-Robinson D, Furr PM (1998) Update on sexually transmitted mycoplasmas. Lancet 351 (Suppl 3):12-15.
20. Weidner W, Krause W, Ludwig M (1999) Relevance of male accessory gland infection for subsequent fertility with special focus on prostatitis. Hum Reprod Update 5:421-432.
21. Willén M, Holst E, Myhre EB, Olsson AM (1996) The bacterial flora of the genitourinary tract in healthy fertile men. Scand J Urol Nephrol 30:387-393.
22. Wolff H, Bezold G, Zebhauser M, Meurer M (1991) Impact of clinically silent inflammation on male genital tract organs as reflected by biochemical markers in semen. J Androl 12:331-334.
23. World Health Organization (1999) Laboratory Manual for the Examination of Human Semen and Sperm-Cervical Mucus Interaction, 4th edn. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.