Influence of sexual intercourse on genital tract microbiota in infertile couples

Anaerobe

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 414-418

  Borovkova, Natalja ^a,c   Korrovits, Paul ^a,b,c   Ausmees, Kristo ^b   Türk, Silver ^a   Jõers, Kai ^d   Punab, Margus ^b   Mändar, Reet ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^b TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

^c Competence Centre on Reproductive Medicine and Biology ^*  (Estonia)

^d Quattromed Ltd   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Bacterial vaginosis; Infertile couple; Prostatitis; Sexual intercourse; Ureaplasma parvum; Vaginal microbiota

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FERTILIZATION; GENITAL SYSTEM; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 1; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFERTILITY; MALE; MENSTRUATION; MICROFLORA; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATITIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SEMINAL PLASMA; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINA FLORA; VAGINA SMEAR;

ADULT; BIOTA; COITUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY; MALE; SEMEN; UREAPLASMA; VAGINA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); UREAPLASMA PARVUM;

EID: 84655169902     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: 10958274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2011.04.015     Document Type: Article

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