Carriage of Gardnerella vaginalis and anaerobes in semen.
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Gardnerella vaginalis was isolated from 22 (38%) of 58 semen samples obtained from men attending an infertility clinic. Counts ranged from 1.2 X 10(3) to greater than 10(7) colony forming units (cfu)/ml. There was no association between the isolation of G vaginalis and the sperm count. Twenty (34.4%) samples contained non-sporing anaerobes and nine (15.5%) both anaerobes and G vaginalis. The infective dose of G vaginalis is not known, but semen could act as a medium for its sexual transmission.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Genitourinary medicine
دوره 61 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1985