Open AccessAntibiotics supplemented culture media can eliminate non-specific bacteria from human semen during sperm preparation for intra uterine insemination
Author(s) -
D.M.A.B. Dissanayake,
KA Amaranath,
R. R. D. P. Perera,
P.S. Wijesinghe
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of human reproductive sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.484
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-1208
pISSN - 1998-4766
DOI - 10.4103/0974-1208.130859
Subject(s) - semen , sperm , penicillin , andrology , streptomycin , insemination , sperm motility , antibiotics , biology , artificial insemination , microbiology and biotechnology , pregnancy , medicine , genetics
Bacterial flora can be isolated from many semen samples of subfertile males. Bacteriospermia can compromise the outcome of intra uterine insemination (IUI) by contaminating the post-processed sperm sample.