In women with endometriosis anti-Müllerian hormone levels are decreased only in those with previous endometrioma surgery.

Study Question: Are anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) levels lower in women with endometriosis, notably those with endometriomas (OMAs) and deep infiltrating lesions, compared with controls without endometriosis?

Summary Answer: Endometriosis and OMAs per se do not result in lower AMH levels. AMH levels are decreased in women with previous OMA surgery independently of the presence of current OMAs.

What Is Known Already: The impact of endometriosis and OMAs per se on the ovarian reserve is controversial.

Smoking habits of 411 women with histologically proven endometriosis and 567 unaffected women.

Smoking habits did not influence either the risk of any form of endometriosis (superficial peritoneal endometriosis, ovarian endometriomas, and deep infiltrating endometriosis) and did not correlate with the revised American Fertility Society stages or scores.

Genetic polymorphisms of matrix metalloproteinase 12 and 13 genes are implicated in endometriosis progression.

Background: Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) may contribute to endometriosis. We tested whether eight functional polymorphisms of these genes could modify the risk of endometriosis.

Methods: In this case-control study, 227 endometriosis and 241 controls were genotyped for MMP1 -1607 1G/2G, MMP2 -1575 G/A (MMP2.

Clinical uses of anti-Müllerian hormone assays: pitfalls and promises.

Objective: To investigate whether the controversy about fluctuations of anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) levels during the menstrual cycle results from differences between the immunoassays currently available: the Beckman Coulter Immunotech kit (Fullerton, CA) and the Diagnostic Systems Laboratories kit (Webster, TX).

Design: Prospective trial.

Setting: Fertility clinics of two tertiary university hospitals.

Detection and quantification of Mycoplasma genitalium in male patients with urethritis.

Detection and quantification of Mycoplasma genitalium were evaluated in 83 patients with urethritis (group 1), 60 patients with urethral symptoms but no urethritis (group 2), and 50 asymptomatic men (group 3). Quantification of M. genitalium was carried out using real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR) analysis of first-pass urine samples.

Developmental factors of urethral human papillomavirus lesions: correlation with circumcision.

Objective: To assess the relationship between circumcision and urethral human papillomavirus (HPV) lesions, and the influence of urethritis on the development of urethral HPV infections on inducing squamous metaplasia of the urethral epithelium.

Patients And Methods: The study included 210 heterosexual, HIV-negative men (median age 29 years) who all had female partners with genital HPV infection. The patients were divided into three groups according to clinical findings, i.

[Prevalence of Chlamydia trachomatis among men consulting in urology. Comparative study between cell culture and sperm PCR].

Objective: Genital Chlamydia trachomatis infection can be difficult to diagnose, depending on the precise site of infection. Given the lack of major clinical signs and symptoms in many cases and the risk of male and female infertility. Chlamydia trachomatis is a public health problem.

[Genital herpes simplex virus infection among men screened for genital papillomavirus].

Objective: Our aim was to assess the frequency of herpetic genital infection (HSV) among men attending a human papillomavirus (HPV) screening centre. Clinical screening of a herpetic lesion was completed with biological detection of HSV by cell culture and by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). We also evaluated the role of the male viral factor on the female partners.

[Genital bacterial infections associated with papillomavirus: value of screening and basis for treatment].

Genital bacterial and viral infections may be responsible of couple infertility and may be potentially oncogenic for genital lesions. Genital bacterial infection is associated with human papillomavirus infection in as much as 48% for men and 64% for women. The bacterias most frequently found are intracellular species (29%) and Gram-negative bacilli (14%).