Bacterial species present in the lower male genital tract: A five-year retrospective study

European Journal of Contraception and Reproductive Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 47-53

  De Francesco, Maria Antonia ^a   Negrini, Riccardo ^a   Ravizzola, Giuseppe ^a   Galli, Paola ^b   Manca, Nino ^a  

^a Department of Microbiology   (Italy)

^b Laboratorio Analisi Chimico Cliniche   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aerobic bacteria; Evaluation; Leukocytospermia; Semen

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ARTICLE; BACTERIOSPERMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GARDNERELLA VAGINALIS; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LEUKOSPERMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; MORGANELLA MORGANII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; SUBFERTILITY; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

ADULT; BACTERIA, AEROBIC; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CELL CULTURE TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; GENITAL DISEASES, MALE; GENITALIA, MALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; LEUKOCYTES; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 78751547533     PISSN: 13625187     EISSN: 14730782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/13625187.2010.533219     Document Type: Article

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