Reduced semen quality caused by chronic abacterial prostatitis: an enigma or reality?

• Published in: Fertility and sterility Vol. 61; no. 6; pp. 1109 - 1116
• Main Authors: Leib, Zvi, Bartoov, Benjamin, Eltes, Fina, Servadio, Ciro
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Elsevier Inc 01.06.1994
• Subjects: Adult; Analysis of Variance; chronic abacterial prostatitis; Humans; Incidence; Infertility; Infertility, Male - epidemiology; Infertility, Male - etiology; Infertility, Male - pathology; Male; Middle Aged; Prostatitis - complications; Prostatitis - pathology; Prostatitis - physiopathology; Semen - physiology; Sperm Motility - physiology; Spermatozoa - pathology; Spermatozoa - physiology; chronic abacterial prostatitis; Infertility

To investigate whether there is an inter-relationship between chronic abacterial prostatitis and potential infertility. As part of the eligibility studies for hyperthermia treatment for chronic abacterial prostatitis patients, a large number of chronic prostatitis patients were referred to us from p...