Impact of infection on the secretory capacity of the male accessory glands

Marconi, Marcelo; Pilatz, Adrian; Wagenlehner, F.; Diemer, Thorsten; Weidner, W.

doi:10.1590/s1677-55382009000300006

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“…Infection of the male reproductive tract significantly decreases the levels of semen volume, α-glucosidase, fructose and zinc in seminal plasma suggesting impairment of the secretary function of the epididymis, seminal vesicles and prostate [56].…”

Section: Male Reproductive Tract Infectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Risk Factors and Causes of Male Infertility-A Review

Mahat¹,

Arora²

2016

Biochem Anal Biochem

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Infertility is defined as inability to achieve conception in a period of one year in a couple, despite regular and adequate unprotected sexual intercourse. A male is said to be infertile if he is unable to impregnate his partner after one year of unprotected intercourse. It is an important medical and social problem in the world as regards 15% of couples are infertile and 40% are infertile because of male factor infertility. This review highlights the risk factors and some causes that are responsible for male infertility. The aim of this review is to generate information which could help in the evaluation of male infertility.

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Section: Male Reproductive Tract Infectionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Risk Factors and Causes of Male Infertility-A Review

Mahat¹,

Arora²

2016

Biochem Anal Biochem

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“…Prostatitis is plays an important role in male infertility, and efficient treatment may restore the reproductive function. Prostatitis profoundly influences the quality of sperm (Marconi et al, 2009). Bacterial prostatitis induces severe changes in sperm morphology and motility (Menkveld et al, 2003) and reduce the volume of prostate secretion (Weidner et al, 1999).…”

Section: Reviews In Biological and Biomedical Sciencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Bacterial prostatitis induces severe changes in sperm morphology and motility (Menkveld et al, 2003) and reduce the volume of prostate secretion (Weidner et al, 1999). Prostatitis is associated with decreased prostate excretion, including decreased citric acid, α-glucosidase, fructose, and decreased zinc secretion (Marconi et al, 2009). Sexual dysfunctions including ejaculatory and erectile dysfunction have been also associated with prostatitis (La Vignera et al, 2012).…”

Section: Reviews In Biological and Biomedical Sciencesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Role of genital tract infections and inflammatory processes in male infertility

Silea¹,

Holban²,

Chifiriuc³

2018

Rev. Biol. Biomed. Sci.

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Inflammation and male genital tract infections could interfere with the spermatogenesis process and lead to damages in sperm quality, as well as to seminal tract obstruction, being thus considered two of the most important causes of male infertility. Therefore, currently, there is an acute need for a better standardization of the methodology used in the clinical practice to detect and identify microorganisms infecting the male urogenital tract and also for the correct diagnosis of inflammatory processes correlated with male infertility. This paper aims to review some of the physiological changes of the main determinants of sperm quality induced by inflammatory and infectious processes, such as increased seminal leucocytes, oxidative stress and cytokines production.

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“…These germs are Escherichia coli, Klebsiella, Proteus spp., Enterococcus, Staphylococcus spp., Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Neisseria gonorrhea, Chlamydia trachomatis and Ureaplasma urealyticum. 6 Moreover, the presence of leukocytes in semen samples can also occur in association with the presence of a viral infection. 7 Generally, Nabers's definitions 8 have been adopted to report the microbiological response to antibacterial treatment in patients with chronic bacterial prostatitis, that is, the condition most investigated up to now.…”

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Persistence of ultrasound alterations after antibiotic treatment with levofloxacin in patients with male accessory gland infection

Vignera¹,

Condorelli²,

Calogero³

et al. 2012

Asian J Androl

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No studies have evaluated the ultrasound features of the male sex accessory glands in infertile patients with bacterial male accessory gland infection (MAGI) according to the microbiological outcomes of bacterial cultures (absent, partial or complete) following antibiotic therapy administration. Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the ultrasound characteristics of the prostate, seminal vesicles, and epididymal tracts after treatment with levofloxacin (a common quinolone antibiotic), in patients with infections caused by Escherichia coli (a Gram-negative bacterium) according to the Naber's classification, which includes the following categories: eradication, eradication with superinfection, persistence and persistence with superinfection. The study was conducted in 100 patients aged 2568 years (range: 20-40 years) with bacterial MAGI and bacterial cultures positive only for E. coli (colony forming units o10 6 per ml). Retrospective analysis was conducted only on patients treated with oral levofloxacin (500 mg) administered once daily for 28 days who were recruited over the last 5 years. Following antibiotic treatment, patients with microbiological persistence or persistence with superinfection had a significantly higher percentage of ultrasound abnormalities suggestive of prostato-vesiculitis (PV) (30.2% and 36.0%, respectively) or prostato-vesiculo-epididymitis (PVE) (60.2% and 70.0%, respectively) compared with patients with microbiological eradication (PV510.2% and PVE58.2%, respectively) or eradication with superinfection (PV518.8% and PVE521.2%, respectively). In conclusion, patients with microbiological persistence or persistence plus superinfection showed the highest prevalence of complicated forms of MAGI (PV and PVE), compared with patients with microbiological eradication or eradication with superinfection.

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Impact of infection on the secretory capacity of the male accessory glands

Abstract: Introduction: Studies that compare the impact of different infectious entities of the male reproductive tract (MRT) on the

Cited by 73 publications

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Risk Factors and Causes of Male Infertility-A Review

Risk Factors and Causes of Male Infertility-A Review

Role of genital tract infections and inflammatory processes in male infertility

Persistence of ultrasound alterations after antibiotic treatment with levofloxacin in patients with male accessory gland infection

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