The effect of bacterial contamination of semen on sperm chromatin integrity and standard semen parameters in men from infertile couples

Andrologia

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL.1, 2012, Pages 410-418

  Rybar, R ^a,b   Prinosilova, P ^a   Kopecka, V ^a   Hlavicova, J ^a   Veznik, Z ^a   Zajicova, A ^a   Rubes, J ^a,b  

^a VETERINARY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

^b Sanatorium Repromeda   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Chlamydia trachomatis; DNA integrity; Male infertility; Mycoplasma; Ureaplasma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; DNA FRAGMENTATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; MALE INFERTILITY; MYCOPLASMA; NONHUMAN; SPERM; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; UREAPLASMA; UREAPLASMA INFECTION;

CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHROMATIN; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MYCOPLASMA; SEMEN; SPERMATOZOA; UREAPLASMA;

EID: 84861518672     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: 14390272     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0272.2011.01198.x     Document Type: Article

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