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Background: A retrospective study of all the semen samples of male partners of infertile couples sumitted for analysis to the microbiology laboratory of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital; Nnewi Nigeria between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2006 The reports of the semen fluid analysis were retrieved from the records department and suplemented with the laboratory register. Methods:Aretrospective study of all the semen samples of male partners of infertile couples sumitted for analysis to the microbiology laboratory of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Teaching Hospital; Nnewi Nigeria between 1 January 2006 and 31 December 2006 The reports of the semen fluid analysis were retrieved from the records department and suplemented with the laboratory register. Results :Out of the 348 semen sample reports evaluated; 237 (68.0) had semen fluid abnormalities. 104(30.0) had single factor abnormalities while 133(38.0) had combined factor anomalies. Asthenozoospermia 58(16.7) was the main single abnormality; while Astheno-oligozoospermia 51(14.7) and Astheno-oligoteratozoospermia (13.2) were the major combined factor abnormalities detected. Very few 5(1.4) of the patients had azospermia.Conclusion : The study showed a high rate of semen fluid abnormalities among the male partners of infertile women in our environment. The high preponderance of poor motility emphasizes the need to include men in programmes aimed at reducing sexually transmitted infections in Nigeria
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Couples Therapy , Infertility , SemenABSTRACT
Given the lack of information concerning the role of Chlamydia trachomatis in male infertility; it has become imperative to analyse the quality of semen of male with seroevidence of antibody to Chlamydia trachomatis infection. A total of 156 male patients attending the Human Reproduction Research Programme/ Invitro Fertililzation Centre of University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) Benin City; Edo state were enrolled into this study. Standard semen analysis and serological investigation of Chlamydia trachomatis were done for each male patient according to the laboratory diagnosis of sexually transmitted diseases of WHO (1999). Chlamydia trachomatis antibody was found to be Seropositive in 37(24) male patients. Standard semen analysis showed abnormality in the various semen parameters of the seropositive male patients. The Seminal fluid analysis of the Seropositive male patients had total average mean sperm morphology of 11.0(normal); total sperm count (10.0x106) ml; motility (11.0) vitality (17.0) (live) and leucocyte count 1.5x106 ml lower than the averagevitality 63; total sperm count (30.5x106ml); motility (61.0) and leucocyte count (0.5x106ml) of the 28 age-matched male subject used as control (P0.05). This study indicates that Chlamydia trachomatis may be an independent risk factor affecting semen quality of male and consequently infertility
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Chlamydia trachomatis , Hospitals, Teaching , Infertility , Male , SemenABSTRACT
In order to provide an insight to the prevalence of low sperm count and abnormal semen parameters in suspected subfertile/ infertile men in our environment; semen samples collected from one hundred and seventy (170) men aged 21-50 years; whose wives were seen at a private fertility clinic in Abakaliki; Nigeria with diagnosis of primary and secondary infertility (78 and 92 respectively) were analysed in accordance with World Health Organization guidelines. Significantly high proportion (70) of the study population had low sperm count (p 0.05) with significantly high defective parameters (64). Asthenozoospermia and teratozoospermia were the major abnormal parameters recorded. Higher prevalence of oligospermia was found in the civil servants and age-group 31-40 years (74and 75respectively). Using 105 cfu/ml as a significant level of bacteria growth; the prevalence of bacteria growth was found to be 56of which 18were from normospermic semen d 38 from oligospermic semen