Evaluation of different testing tools for the identification of non-gonococcal Neisseria spp. isolated from Lebanese male semen: a strong and significant association with infertility
Author(s) -
May Khoder,
Marwan Osman,
Seydina M. Diene,
Liliane Okdah,
Rym Lalaoui,
Marcel Achkar,
Hassan Mallat,
Monzer Hamzé,
JeanMarc Rolain
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of medical microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.91
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1473-5644
pISSN - 0022-2615
DOI - 10.1099/jmm.0.000990
Subject(s) - neisseria , neisseria gonorrhoeae , semen , infertility , biology , population , microbiology and biotechnology , gonorrhea , male infertility , medicine , gynecology , immunology , genetics , pregnancy , bacteria , environmental health , human immunodeficiency virus (hiv)
The aim was to evaluate several microbiological tools for the identification of non-gonococcal Neisseria spp. isolated from semen samples from Lebanese men and to determine the putative link between the presence of Neisseria commensal species and infertility.
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