background: infections are one of the correctable causes of infertility with low cost and cost effective treatment. the 50% of infertile cases is related to men in some way, and 30% of them are absolutely related to them. mycoplasmas are the smallest microorganisms with capability of dna replication. present study is planned to compare the mycoplasma infection in infertile men and men with esta...

reduced sperm quantity and motility are primary causes of infertility in men. before researchers showed that, nsun7 gene has roles in sperm motility of mouse, that creation defect in this gene is cause infertility. this gene in human located in chromosome 4, with 12 exons and a hot spot exon (exon7). our aim is study of the mutations of the exon7 in the normospermic and asthenoteratospermic men...

male urogenital tract infection plays an important role in men infertility. asymptomatic bacteriospermia has been paid attention as a major cause of male infertility. the aim of this study was to microbiological investigation of semen sample of infertile men attending to infertility clinic and evaluation of the effects of bacteriospermia on semen quality. eighty eight infertile men were evaluat...

Chromosome anomalies belong to genetic factors, which participate on etiology of reproductive failure. The aim of the study was to investigate the frequency of chromosome abnormalities in infertile men in the Prešov region in Slovakia (1998-2014). Karyotyping using G-banding and C-banding methods was performed in 1426 subjects including 948 infertile men and 478 controls. Karyotype analyses rev...

This study aims to evaluate whether cancer treatments differ in infertile men compared to men who have undergone vasectomy and age-matched controls. We analyzed subjects from the Truven Health MarketScan Claims database from 2001 to 2009. Infertile men were identified through diagnosis and treatment codes. Comparison groups included vasectomized men and an age-matched cohort who were not infert...

OBJECTIVE To assess semen analysis, testicular volume, and hormone levels in fertile and infertile patients with varicoceles and fertile men without varicoceles. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING Academic medical center. PATIENT(S) Patients were divided into three groups: fertile men with varicoceles (n = 79), infertile men with varicoceles (n = 71), and fertile men without varicoceles ...

objective: to compare resilience, positive/negative effect, and psychological vulnerability between fertile and infertile men. methods: the research sample consisted of 40 fertile and 40 infertile men who were selected among men who presented to an infertility clinic. to collect data, connor–davidson resilience scale, positive/negative affect schedule, and brief symptoms inventory were used. re...

OBJECTIVE To compare resilience, positive/negative effect, and psychological vulnerability between fertile and infertile men. METHODS The research sample consisted of 40 fertile and 40 infertile men who were selected among men who presented to an infertility clinic. To collect data, Connor-Davidson Resilience Scale, Positive/Negative Affect Schedule, and Brief Symptoms Inventory were used. ...

Aberrations in reproductive fitness may be a harbinger of medical diseases in men. Existing data suggest that female infertility is associated with autoimmune disorders; however, this has not been examined in men. As immune surveillance and hormonal factors can impact male fertility and autoimmunity, we sought to determine the association between male infertility and incident autoimmune disorde...