Carriage of Gardnerella vaginalis and anaerobes in semen.
- 1 April 1985
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Vol. 61 (2) , 120-122
- https://doi.org/10.1136/sti.61.2.120
Abstract
G. vaginalis was isolated from 22 (38%) of 58 semen samples obtained from men attending an infertility clinic. Counts ranged from 1.2 .times. 103 to > 107 colony forming U (cfu)/ml. There was no association between the isolation of G. vaginalis and the sperm count. Twenty (34.4%) samples contained non-sporing anaerobes and 9 (15.5%) both anaerobes and G. vaginalis. The infective dose of G. vaginalis is not known, but semen could act as a medium for its sexual transmission.This publication has 16 references indexed in Scilit:
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