Prevalence of sexually transmissible pathogens in semen from asymptomatic male infertility patients with and without leukocytospermia

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1087-1097

  Bezold, Guntram ^a   Politch, Joseph A ^a,b   Kiviat, Nancy B ^c   Kuypers, Jane M ^c   Wolff, Hans ^d   Anderson, Deborah J ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^d LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; cytokines; Infection; infertility; leukocytospermia; PCR; semen; virus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GLUCOSIDASE; DNA;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASE; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WART VIRUS;

ADULT; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, VIRAL; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN; SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED DISEASES; SPERM COUNT; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 34247475707     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2006.08.109     Document Type: Article

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