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Sperm Immobilizing Bacteria and their Role in Infertility: An In Vivo Study

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Vijay Prabha, Sai Kriti Arora and Shipra Chandel

Sperm Immobilizing Bacteria and their Role in Infertility: An In Vivo Study

The negative consequence of E. coli and S. aureus on spermatozoa in vitro has been annotated but their cause-effect relationship in infertility is open to question. On studying the normal vaginal microflora of mice, S. aureus and E. coli which had the property of sperm immobilization and induced death in spermatozoa within 2 hours of co-incubation were predominantly found. Post mating, mice harbouring these strains as their indigenous flora at a bacterial load of 103 cfu gm-1 of the view more»

DOI: 10.4172/2327-4360.1000130

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