The occurrence of Chlamydia trachomatis in the semen of men participating in an IVF programme |
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| Authors: | Nagy, Balint Corradi, Gyula Vajda, Zoltan Gimes, RezsO Csomor, Sandor |
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| Affiliation: | 2Department of Urology, Semmelweis Medical University 1088 Budapest Baross u.27.Hungary 3Department of Venereology, Semmelweis Medical University, 1088 Budapest Baross u.27.Hungary 4Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Semmelweis Medical University 1088 Budapest Baross u.27.Hungary |
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| Abstract: | Chlamydia trachomatis is one of the most common causative agentsof sexually transmitted diseases. The authors studied the occurrenceof C.trachomatis in the semen of 184 asymptomatic men participatingin the IVF programme. Twenty-six (14.1%) of the 184 tested werepositive for C.trachomatis, these patients and their wives receivingdoxycycline capsules twice, 100 mg on the first day and 100mg/day for the following 13 days. This treatment was effectivein 88.5% of the cases and in the rest, treatment continued witherithromycin 250 mg four times/day for 2 weeks. The authorscompared the semen parameters (cell count, motility, morphology,bovine mucus penetration and hypo-osmotic swelling test) inthe infected and non-infected groups and observed no significantdifference between these two groups |
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| Keywords: | bovine mucus penetration/Chlamydia trachomatis/hypo-osmotic swelling test/semen |
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