Copper accumulation in actinomyces druses during endometritis after long-term use of an intrauterine contraceptive device.

A 32-year-old woman carried a copper intrauterine contraceptive device (IUCD) or intrauterine pessar (IAP) for more than 5 years. She had acyclic menstrual bleedings and underwent a corpus abrasio after explantation of IUCD. The histological study of paraffin sections showed an actinomycotic endometritis with brown to black deposits in or around typical actinomyces druses, but there was no carcinoma.

[Spermatocyte antibodies in serum and follicular fluid of IVF and GIFT patients].

With a new SPAK-ELISA test system (Seratec GmbH) we determined sperm antibodies in sera of 60 IVF, 11 GIFT patients and their husbands. We evaluated sperm antibodies in sera of 12 IVF (20.0%), 3 GIFT (27%) and 3 males with normozoospermia parameters (4.

[The effect of glass wool filtration on human spermatozoa--a comparison with the swim-up technic].

20 fresh human ejaculates (6X normozoospermia, 7X oligozoospermia and 7X asthenozoospermia) were prepared either with the swim-up-method as with the glass wool filtration. After both techniques the motility of the spermatozoa improved markedly. In cases of asthenozoospermia and oligozoospermia the motility increased significantly compared with the value of the ejaculate.

[Diagnostic value of the hypo-osmotic swelling test in pathologic ejaculation findings].

304 ejaculates with oligozoospermia from 227 partners of women suffering from sterility have been investigated by hypoosmotic swelling test, the detection of the motility rate and sperm motile efficiency. In a comparison between selected parts of the group and 104 semen samples of 15 fertile donors from the AID-program is was possible to show, that the swelling test has a better discrimination between fertile and infertile ejaculates than the other two methods. In spite of that the motility rate and the swelling test had a positive correlation (r = 0.

[Detection of human papillomavirus in a cervix precancerous condition. Initial report].

Case report of a 21 years old woman with cervical, vaginal and vulvar condyloma. We have demonstrated the presence of human papilloma viruses (HPV) with help of in-situ-hybridisation.