Evaluation of seminal plasma parameters in patients with chronic prostatitis or leukocytospermia

M Ludwig, C Kümmel, I Schroeder‐Printzen… - Andrologia, 1998 - Wiley Online Library
Though detailed cytological and microbiological diagnostic procedures are routinely carried
out in male genital tract infection, the correct diagnosis and localization of inflammation or …

Impact of clinically silent inflammation on male genital tract organs as reflected by biochemical markers in semen

H WOLFF, G BEZOLD, M ZEBHAUSER… - Journal of …, 1991 - Wiley Online Library
Three hundred eighty‐nine healthy, infertile patients were studied to determine the effects of
inflammation on genital tract organs. Clinically silent inflammation was diagnosed by …

Complement C3, coeruloplasmin and PMN-elastase in the ejaculate in chronic prostato-adnexitis and their diagnostic value

H Blenk, A Hofstetter - Infection, 1991 - Springer
The clinical differential diagnosis of chronic prostatitis and psycho-vegetative urogenital
syndrome with objective laboratory tests is very difficult. 265 ejaculates with possible chronic …

Granulocyte elastase as a sensitive diagnostic parameter of silent male genital tract inflammation

M Jochum, W Pabst, WB Schill - Andrologia, 1986 - Wiley Online Library
Elastase, a specific inflammatory parameter of polymorphonuclear (PMN) granulocytes, was
quantified with a sensitive enzyme immunoassay in the ejaculates of 188 patients consulting …

Clinical relevance of polymorphonuclear (PMN‐) elastase determination in semen and serum during infertility investigation

W Eggert‐Kruse, K Zimmermann… - … Journal of Andrology, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
The polymorphonuclear (PMN) elastase is secreted by activated granulocytes and is widely
used as a marker of male accessory gland infection. However, the clinical value of routine …

Seminal fluid findings in men with nonbacterial prostatitis and prostatodynia

JN KRIEGER, RE BERGER, SO ROSS… - Journal of …, 1996 - Wiley Online Library
There is considerable confusion about the effects of prostatitis syndromes on male
reproductive physiology. Therefore, we correlated findings on seminal fluid and expressed …

Seminal tract inflammation and male infertility. Correlations between leukospermia and clinical history, prostatic cytology, conventional semen parameters, sperm …

GM Colpi, ML Roveda, A Tognetti… - Acta europaea …, 1988 - europepmc.org
A retrospective clinical evaluation of various types of semen analyses from infertile couples
attending our Infertility Clinic was undertaken with the scope of studying the possible …

Age‐related changes in seminal polymorphonuclear elastase in men with asymptomatic inflammation of the genital tract

R Henkel, G Maaß, A Jung, G Haidl… - Asian journal of …, 2007 - Wiley Online Library
Aim: To investigate age‐related inflammatory events in the male genital tract. Methods: In a
total of 4 265 randomly collected patients attending the andrological outpatient clinic of the …

Semen parameters in men with and without proven chronic prostatitis

W Weidner, C Jantos, HG Schiefer, G Haidl… - Archives of …, 1991 - Taylor & Francis
In patients with complaints of chronic prostatitis, analysis of prostatic secretions for
leukocytes and the use of the four-specimen technique allow a distinct classification of …

Significance of inflammation on standard semen analysis in chronic prostatitis/chronic pelvic pain syndrome

M Ludwig, A Vidal, P Huwe, T Diemer, W Pabst… - Andrologia, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
The impact of defined urogenital inflammations on standard ejaculate parameters is still a
matter of controversial debate. Basic spermiogram parameters has been analysed in …