Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis, Mycoplasma hominis, Mycoplasma genitalium, and Ureaplasma urealyticum infections and seminal quality in infertile and fertile men in Kuwait

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1323-1329

  Al Sweih, Noura A ^a   Al Fadli, Amani H ^a   Omu, Alexander E ^a   Rotimi, Vincent O ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Genital pathogens; Infertility; Semen analysis; Seminological variables; Uropathogens

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; CHLAMYDIASIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KUWAIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MALE INFERTILITY; MASTURBATION; MIXED INFECTION; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS INFECTION; MYCOPLASMOSIS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UREAPLASMA INFECTION; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; FERTILITY; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; KUWAIT; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MYCOPLASMA GENITALIUM; MYCOPLASMA HOMINIS; MYCOPLASMA INFECTIONS; PREVALENCE; SEMEN; SEMEN ANALYSIS; UREAPLASMA INFECTIONS; UREAPLASMA UREALYTICUM;

EID: 84874403795     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.111.013821     Document Type: Article

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