Real-time polymerase chain reaction shows that density centrifugation does not always remove Chlamydia trachomatis from human semen

Fertility and Sterility

Volumn 92, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1606-1615

  Al Mously, Najwa ^a   Cross, Neil Alan ^b   Eley, Adrian ^a   Pacey, Allan Anthony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; infertility; sperm washing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA;

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; DENSITY GRADIENT CENTRIFUGATION; FERTILIZATION IN VITRO; HELA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN CELL CULTURE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; INFERTILITY THERAPY; INOCULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; SPERM DONOR;

CENTRIFUGATION, DENSITY GRADIENT; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EFFICIENCY; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MALE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMEN PRESERVATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 70350787133     PISSN: 00150282     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2008.08.128     Document Type: Article

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