Effects of infections with five sexually transmitted pathogens on sperm quality / 대한생식의학회지
Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
; : 207-213, 2017.
Article
in English
| WPRIM (Western Pacific)
| ID: wpr-226343
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
This study investigated the prevalence of infections with human papillomavirus, Chlamydia trachomatis, Ureaplasma urealyticum, Mycoplasma hominis, and Mycoplasma genitalium in the semen of Korean infertile couples and their associations with sperm quality.METHODS:
Semen specimens were collected from 400 men who underwent a fertility evaluation. Infection with above five pathogens was assessed in each specimen. Sperm quality was compared in the pathogen-infected group and the non-infected group.RESULTS:
The infection rates of human papillomavirus, C. trachomatis, U. urealyticum, M. hominis, and M. genitalium in the study subjects were 1.57%, 0.79%, 16.80%, 4.46%, and 1.31%, respectively. The rate of morphological normality in the U. urealyticum-infected group was significantly lower than in those not infected with U. urealyticum. In a subgroup analysis of normozoospermic samples, the semen volume and the total sperm count in the pathogen-infected group were significantly lower than in the non-infected group.CONCLUSION:
Our results suggest that infection with U. urealyticum alone and any of the five sexually transmitted infections are likely to affect sperm morphology and semen volume, respectively.
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Database:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Semen
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Sperm Count
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Spermatozoa
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Sexually Transmitted Diseases
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Chlamydia trachomatis
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Family Characteristics
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Prevalence
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Ureaplasma urealyticum
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Mycoplasma hominis
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Mycoplasma genitalium
Type of study:
Prevalence study
Limits:
Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine
Year:
2017
Document type:
Article