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Chapter 17 - The effect of genital tract infection and inflammation on male infertility

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 May 2010

By
Sanjay S. Kasturi ,
E. Charles Osterberg ,
Justin Tannir  and
Robert E. Brannigan
Edited by
Larry I. Lipshultz ,
Stuart S. Howards  and
Craig S. Niederberger
Larry I. Lipshultz
Affiliation:
Baylor College of Medicine
Stuart S. Howards
Affiliation:
University of Virginia
Craig S. Niederberger
Affiliation:
University of Illinois, Chicago
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Summary

This chapter discusses the sites of genitourinary tract infections, infectious organisms, the numerous ways in which leukocytes may impair male reproduction, and the diagnosis and treatment of leukocytospermia and bacteriospermia. Infections of the urethra are most common due to sexually transmitted pathogens, and they are separated into two broad categories: gonococcal urethritis (due to Neisseria gonorrhoeae ) and nongonococcal urethritis (Chlamydia trachomatis, Mycoplasma species, Trichomonas vaginalis). Immunohistology employs monoclonal antibodies (mAb) targeted against white blood cell (WBC) surface markers. Flow cytometry, when used in conjunction with monoclonal antibodies, can provide rapid analysis of scant WBC subpopulations without purification procedures. Leukocytes, monocytes, and granulocytes are differentiated by using the light-scatter properties of the WBCs and the density of the leukocyte marker antibody, CD45. The chapter suggests that abnormal concentrations of leukocytes are a common finding in the semen of men with spinal cord injury (SCI).

Keywords

chemotherapydiethylstilbestrolepididymal cystsunilateral cryptorchidismleukocyteshypogonadotropic hypogonadisminfertility
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Infertility in the Male , pp. 295 - 330
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2009

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