Sexually transmitted infections and semen quality from subfertile men with and without leukocytospermia

• DOI: 10.1186/s12958-021-00769-2
• Publication Date: 2021-06-21T08:03:10Z
• Authors: Shun Bai; Yuan Li; Yangyang Wan; Tonghang Guo; Qi Jin; Ran Liu; Wenjuan Tang; Meiying Sang; Yuanyuan Tao; Baoguo Xie; Yun Zhao; Wei Li; Xiangdong Xu; Qiuling Yue; Xuechun Hu; Bo Xu
• Keywords: Semen quality; Mycoplasma genitalium; Ureaplasma urealyticum; Asthenozoospermia; Mycoplasma hominis; Neisseria gonorrhoeae; Ureaplasma; Semen Analysis

The role of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in semen parameters and male infertility is still a controversial area. Previous studies have found bacterial infection minority infertile leukocytospermic males. This study aims to investigate the prevalence STIs from subfertile men with leukocytospermia (LCS) without (non-LCS) their associations sperm quality.Semen samples were collected 195 who asked for fertility evaluation. Infection above 6 pathogens was assessed each sample. Sperm quality compared LCS.The LCS group had significantly decreased volume, concentration, progressive motility, total motility normal morphology. rates Ureaplasma urealyticum (Uuu), parvum (Uup), Mycoplasma hominis (MH), genitalium (MG), Chlamydia trachomatis (CT), herpes simplex virus-2 (HSV-2) Neisseria gonorrhoeae (NG) 8.7 %, 21.0 8.2 2.1 3.6 1.0 0 respectively. STI detection patients higher than those non-LCS (52.3 % vs. 39.3 %), although there no statistically significant difference between two groups (P = 0.07). All not different STIs, except volume MG-infected lower that noninfected group.LCS associated reduction quality, but STIs.