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Cervical mucus infection is often considered as a possible cause of infertility1. Darugna et al. observed this abnormality in 13% of women consulting for infertility2. Nevertheless, pregnancies do occur in certain women whose cervical mucus is infected, and thus it is not an obligatory factor in proving sterility.
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Buvat, J. et al. (1984). Treatment of cervical mucus infection by means of doxycycline polyphosphate in 53 hypofertile women. In: Harrison, R.F., Bonnar, J., Thompson, W. (eds) Diagnosis and Management of Tubo-Uterine Factors in Infertility. Studies in Fertility and Sterility, vol 4. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7621-7_54
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