Characterization of microbiota in male infertility cases uncovers differences in seminal hyperviscosity and oligoasthenoteratozoospermia possibly correlated with increased prevalence of infectious bacteria

American Journal of Reproductive Immunology

Volumn 79, Issue 6, 2018, Pages

  Monteiro, Catarina ^a,b   Marques, Patrícia I ^a,b   Cavadas, Bruno ^a,b   Damião, Isabel ^c   Almeida, Vasco ^b,c   Barros, Nuno ^d   Barros, Alberto ^a,d,e   Carvalho, Filipa ^a,e   Gomes, Sílvia ^a,b   Seixas, Susana ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c Center of Infertility and Sterility Studies (CEIE)   (Portugal)

^d Center for Reproductive Genetics Alberto Barros   (Portugal)

^e University of Porto   (Portugal)

Author keywords

oligoasthenoteratozoospermia; seminal hyperviscosity; seminal microbiome; urogenital infections

Indexed keywords

RNA 16S;

ACTINOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYANOBACTERIUM; ENTEROBACTERIALES; ENTEROCOCCUS; FIRMICUTES; FUSOBACTERIA; GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; HIGH THROUGHPUT SEQUENCING; HUMAN; LACTOBACILLUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; NEISSERIA; NONHUMAN; OLIGOSPERMIA; PASTEURELLALES; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEOBACTERIA; SEMINAL PLASMA; SPERM; SPERMATOZOON ABNORMALITY; UROGENITAL TRACT INFECTION; VISCOSITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPLICATION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; HUMANS; INFERTILITY, MALE; MALE; MICROBIOTA; OLIGOSPERMIA; PREVALENCE; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEMEN;

EID: 85042680377     PISSN: 10467408     EISSN: 16000897     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/aji.12838     Document Type: Article

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