Zhang Shuilin, Zhu Yunxia, Mi Zuhuang
Department of Andrology, Wuxi Hospital for Maternity and Child Care, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214002, China.
Zhonghua Nan Ke Xue. 2004 Jul;10(7):506-8.
To investigate the status of the semen of the infertility patients infected by Gardnerella vaginalis (Gv).
Semen samples from 373 clinic patients of infertility and vaginal samples from 63 positive patients' wives were collected from April 2002 to May 2003. And the samples were tested by nested polymerase chain reaction (nPCR).
The positive rate of the infertile males' semen infected by Gv was 44.2%, while that of the postive patients' wives was 87.3%.
The positive rate of the infertile male's semen infected by Gv is high and Gv can be spread by sexual intercourse.
