The effect of bacterial infection on male infertility

Abstract EN

There are several reasons for altered semen quality and bacteriospermia could be one among them.

However, there is no complete agreement on detrimental role of the premises suggesting the bacterial semen infection is associated with male infertility.

The aim of this work is to study the semen culture and detection of bacteria is semen as well as their association with semen quality among infertile male.

Semen samples were collected from men attending high institute for infertility diagnosis assisted reproductive technology in Baghdad Al-Kadhmiya for the period from June-July 2019.

Samples were subjected to culture using standard bacteriological techniques according to WHO guidance.

A total of fifty samples were collected.45(90%) showed bacteriosperima .Enterococcus 32% was the most common organism followed by Klebsiella spp.

24%, while proteus spp.

and staphylococcus spp.

18% respectively, and other less frequently organism is E.coli 16.

Standard semen analysis was performed, including volume liquefaction, pH, concentration, morphology, agglutination, round cell count and percentage motility.

Results showed the presence of bacteria growth does not impact on their parameters concluding that no definite relationship was established between semen parameters and bacteriospermia.