Objectives: To investigate the correlation between the presence of white blood cells (WBC) without the use of specific stain to differentiate leukocytes and the presence of bacteria in semen samples of infertile men.
Methods: A total of 143 semen samples of men who attended an andrologic clinic for the evaluation of fertility were investigated using routine semen analysis (according to WHO laboratory guidelines) and bacterial culture.
Results: WBC were found in 43.
Objectives: Serum tPSA lacks specificity. The DD3(PCA3) gene is highly specific for prostate cancer and is detectable in prostate cancer cells shed into urine after rectal palpation. A newly developed nucleic acid sequence based amplification assay (uPM3) for detecting DD3(PCA3) RNA in urine samples was evaluated prospectively in patients referred for prostate cancer detection.
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