?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Contribution+of+Bacterial+Infection+to+Male+Infertility+in+Nigerians&rft.creator=Emokpae%2C+MA&rft.creator=Uadia%2C+PO&rft.creator=Sadiq%2C+NM&rft.subject=Online+Journal+of+Health+and+Allied+Sciences&rft.description=There+is+disagreement+as+to+the+influence+of+certain+microbial+infection+on+male+infertility+and+such+agents+are+ignored.+The+incidence+of+these+microbial+agents+in+seminal+fluid+isolates+is+on+the+increase.+This+study+therefore+evaluates+the+prevalence+of+male+factor+infertility+and+contribution+of+microbial+infection+to+male+infertility+in+Kano%2C+northern+Nigeria.+Seminal+fluid+analysis+in+five+hundred+males+who+were+investigated+for+infertility+was+evaluated+using+the+5th+generation+SQ+AII+C-P+sperm+quality+analyzer+and+the+Neubaeur+counting+chamber.+The+result+indicates+that+58.2%25+had+sperm+density+less+than+twenty+million+per+millilitre.+The+oligospermic+subjects+(sperm+density+2-19+millions%2Fml)+were+27.6%25%2C+severe+oligospermic+(sperm+density+less+than+2+million)+13.2%25+and+azoospermia%2C+17.4%25.+Asthenospermia+(motility+less+than+50%25)+decrease+from+44.8%25+in+oligospermia+to+24.0%25+in+severe+oligospermia.+Teratospermia+(abnormal+morphology+greater+than+50%25)+also+deteriorated+from+46.3%25+to+35.4%25+in+oligospermic+and+severe+oligospermic+males+respectively.+Seminal+fluid+infection+increases+with+decreasing+sperm+density%2C+motility+and+morphology.+The+prevalence+of+abnormal+sperm+indices+and+bacterial+infection+is+high+and+Staphylococcus+aureus+infection+should+be+treated+and+no+longer+ignored+in+the+management+of+male+factor+infertility.&rft.publisher=Dr.+BS+Kakkilaya&rft.contributor=Kakkilaya%2C+Dr+Srinivas&rft.date=2009-05-05&rft.type=Journal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6564%2F1%2F2009-1-6.pdf&rft.identifier=++Emokpae%2C+MA+and+Uadia%2C+PO+and+Sadiq%2C+NM++(2009)+Contribution+of+Bacterial+Infection+to+Male+Infertility+in+Nigerians.++%5BJournal+(On-line%2FUnpaginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F6564%2F