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[Sexually transmitted diseases as causes of disorders of male fertility]. 1989

W Krause, and W Weidner

Abt. Andrologie, Med. Zentrum für Hautkrankheiten, Philipps-Universität Marburg.

Infections with sexually transmitted germs may affect the male fertility in different ways. Possible consequences are impairment of the spermatogenesis, induction of auto-immune mechanisms, spermatodysfunction, and inflammatory occlusion of the ejaculatory duct. Only in high concentrations, bacteria (e.g. E. coli) may result in reducing the motility of spermatozoa. The germ counts observed under clinical conditions, however, do not come up with these high levels. The same is true for mycoplasmas. As a whole, sexually transmitted infections only play a minor role with regard to male infertility.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007248	Infertility, Male	The inability of the male to effect FERTILIZATION of an OVUM after a specified period of unprotected intercourse. Male sterility is permanent infertility.	Sterility, Male,Sub-Fertility, Male,Subfertility, Male,Male Infertility,Male Sterility,Male Sub-Fertility,Male Subfertility,Sub Fertility, Male
D008297	Male		Males
D009920	Orchitis	Inflammation of a TESTIS. It has many features of EPIDIDYMITIS, such as swollen SCROTUM; PAIN; PYURIA; and FEVER. It is usually related to infections in the URINARY TRACT, which likely spread to the EPIDIDYMIS and then the TESTIS through either the VAS DEFERENS or the lymphatics of the SPERMATIC CORD.	Orchitides
D011472	Prostatitis	Infiltration of inflammatory cells into the parenchyma of PROSTATE. The subtypes are classified by their varied laboratory analysis, clinical presentation and response to treatment.	Acute Bacterial Prostatitis,Asymptomatic Inflammatory Prostatitis,Chronic Bacterial Prostatitis,Chronic Prostatitis with Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome,Acute Bacterial Prostatitides,Asymptomatic Inflammatory Prostatitides,Bacterial Prostatitides, Acute,Bacterial Prostatitides, Chronic,Bacterial Prostatitis, Acute,Bacterial Prostatitis, Chronic,Chronic Bacterial Prostatitides,Inflammatory Prostatitis, Asymptomatic,Prostatitides,Prostatitides, Chronic Bacterial
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D015231	Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Bacterial	Bacterial diseases transmitted or propagated by sexual conduct.	Venereal Diseases, Bacterial,Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Disease,Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Diseases,Bacterial Venereal Diseases,Sexually Transmitted Disease, Bacterial,Bacterial Venereal Disease,Disease, Bacterial Venereal,Venereal Disease, Bacterial