The microbiota of sexual intercourse and its effect on prostatitis.

It is estimated that microorganisms colonize 90% of the body surface. In some tracts, such as the genitourinary tract, the microbiota varies throughout life, influenced by hormonal stimulation and sexual practices. This study evaluated the semen differences and presence of , , and in semen samples from patients with symptoms of chronic prostatitis and men asymptomatic for urogenital infections.

Molecular analysis of microorganisms in the semen and their impact on semen parameters.

Objective: Chronic genitourinary infections can alter male fertility and even promote carcinogenic processes. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of the presence in the semen of microorganisms on semen quality.

Materials And Methods: Clinical symptoms and conventional and functional seminal parameters of eleven fertile donors and ten volunteers with prostatitis-like symptoms were evaluated.

Overweight and obesity: The allies of prostate inflammation.

To the Editor, World Health Organization (WHO) defines infertility as the inability of a sexually active partner to achieve a clinically confirmed pregnancy after at least one year of intercourse without contraceptive protection on fertile days. As women are primarily responsible for the conception, childbirth, and postpartum, fertility problems have been related to fertile female capacity. However, men play an essential role, being responsible for about 50% of alterations in fertility due to dysfunctions in the male reproductive tract, including varicocele, hypogonadism, poorly descended testicles, testicular tumors, and even anti-sperm autoantibodies [.

Yeast and Fertility: Effects of Activity of spp. on Sperm Quality.

Background: spp. causes semen candidiasis, the most important sexually transmitted fungal infection; this microorganism affects male fertility potential and could alter oocyte fertilization. The effects of the yeasts and and their soluble factors of fungal metabolism on semen quality were studied.

Can a Short Term of Repeated Ejaculations Affect Seminal Parameters?

Background: The aim of the study was to assess the effect of four repeated ejaculations on the same day at two-hour intervals on conventional and functional semen parameters.

Methods: Three healthy men (32±3.6 years) donated the first semen samples after 3-4 days of sexual abstinence followed by three subsequent samples on the same day at two-hour interval each.

[Early embryo death: does the male factor play a role?].

Objective: To discuss the possible role of the male factor in early embryo death.

Method: A detailed bibliographic review has been put together to establish which alterations in spermatozoa can be associated with early embryo death.

Results: Before the fusion between plasma membranes of the sperm and the oocyte occurs, both germ cells must undergo a maturation process that allows successful fertilization and embryo development.

Functional evaluation of sperm in Colombian fertile men.

Objective: The aim of the present study was to evaluate in 111 ejaculates from fertile men membrane integrity of spermatozoa before selection and sperm motility, and sperm concentration and chromatin integrity before and after selection of motile spermatozoo.

Methods: We evaluated the membrane integrity (using hypoosmotic swelling test and Eosin-Y) before separation and chromatin integrity (using acridine orange), concentration and motility before and after separation by migration sedimentation technique. All individuals had pregnant wives or had procreated a baby during the last year.

[Evaluation of the calcium ionophore induced acrosome reaction: a more realistic approach to the fecundant capacity of the spermatozoid].

Objectives: The aim of this investigation was to evaluate the acrosome reaction by fluorescence microscopy and the flow citometry in a group of men with unknown fertility.

Methods: Each individual gave a semen sample for the analysis of the calcium ionophore-induced acrosome reaction after the capacitation process, using lectin Pisum sativum aglutinina (fluorescence microscopy) and antibody anti-CD46 (flow citometry).

Results: Five of out six individuals increased the number of the sperm with calcium ionophore-induced acrosome reaction versus the percentage of spontaneous acrosome reaction, using fluorescence microscopy (7.

[Intergamete complementarity: short review].

Objective: The aim of this review is to recognize the role of molecules involved in intergamete interactions during the process of fertilization and further understanding of the molecular basis of fertilization in humans for the development of new methods for contraception.

Methods: We carried out a bibliographic review on intergamete interactions.

Results: Fertilization is the product of a series of ordered steps that must take place both in the sperm and the oocyte for a correct interaction leading to the development of the new individual; this interaction requires that both cells are in perfect state for recognition to occur; this recognition is dependant on terminal oligosaccharide residues present in zona pellucida and their complementary receptors on sperm plasmatic (primary receptors) and inner acrosomal (secondary receptors) membranes.

Pregnancy outcome in women with antiphospholipid syndrome and alloimmunity: a case report.

Context: Patients with antiphospholipid syndrome and alloimmunity have poor pregnancy outcomes. Several diagnostic and therapeutic options exist for these disorders, although there is no consensus as to the best treatment.

Case Report: We present here the clinical course and treatment of a woman with a history of two miscarriages who joined our program 10 years ago and has been followed up ever since.