PURPOSE Ureaplasma urealyticum is a commensal of the lower genitourinary tract of many sexually active adults. The organism is more common in partners of infertile than fertile marriages. We conducted a prospective study at our tertiary care center to confirm a possible association between U. urealyticum and abnormal sperm function parameters. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 50 consecutive m...

INTRODUCTION The aim of this study was to compare fucose and sialic acid residue expression on fibronectin and α{1}-acid glycoprotein in the seminal plasma of men suspected of infertility and suffering from leukocytospermia. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Seminal ejaculates were collected from 27 leukocytospermic and 18 healthy, normozoospermic men. The relative degree of fucosylation and sialylation o...

Background: About 15% of male infertility is due to genital tract infection and inflammation, some them have no clinical symptoms, but manifested as leukocytospermia (LCS). Leukopenia will lead functional impairment sperm integrity damage morphology. A large amount reactive oxygen species (ROS) produced by leukocytes can nuclear DNA. The aim this study was investigate the correlation between le...

Leukosit yang terdapat pada sperma merupakan indikasi adanya infeksi saluran genitalia pria. Peran patogenik terjadi leukocytospermia, ditandai dengan pelepasan spesies oksigen reaktif menyebabkan penipisan kapasitas fungsional sperma. Staphylococcus areus adalah mikroba dominan dalam etiologi infertilitas pria, dan menemukan bahwa ciprofloxacin ofloxcasin menjadi pengobatan efektif untuk bakte...