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The importance of a chronic genital tract infection has been recognized as a possible cause of male infertility1. The diagnosis of a chronic male genital tract infection is based, apart from semen analyses, on palpatory findings of the prostatic gland, the occurrence of an increased number of leukocytes in EPS (expressed prostatic secretion) or in a urinary sediment obtained after prostatic massage, and finally on bacteriological analyses of ejaculates2. There is, however, a considerable lack of agreement between these different methods used for diagnosing a male adnexitis3,4. It has been reported that saline dilution of semen has resulted in increased bacterial growth by decreasing the inhibitory effect on bacteria exerted by prostatic secretions2. Whether urine can exert a similar inhibitory effect is not known.
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Moberg, P.J., Eneroth, P., Lizana, J., Nord, C.E. (1984). Anaerobic urinary and prostatic bacteria, and prostatic biochemical markers in urine after prostatic massage of infertile men. In: Thompson, W., Harrison, R.F., Bonnar, J. (eds) The Male Factor in Human Infertility Diagnosis and Treatment. Studies in Fertility and Sterility, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4898-3_18
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