ORIGINAL RESEARCH

Diagnostic significance of Lactobacillus spp. identification in ejaculate

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1 Ivanovo State Medical Academy, Ivanovo, Russia

2 Federal Research Institute for Health Organization and Informatics, Moscow, Russia

Correspondence should be addressed: Denis G. Pochernikov
Sheremetevsky prospekt, 8, Ivanovo, 153012; ur.liam@nmkgoloru

About paper

Compliance with ethical standards: the study was approved by the Ivanovo State Medical Academy ethics committee and is a part of the earlier research (protocol № 5 of June 03, 2009). All patients signed a voluntary informed consent to participate in the study.

Author contribution: Pochernikov DG — research planning, literature analysis, data interpretation and analysis, manuscript drafting, preparation of the final version of the article; Postovoytenko NT — literature analysis, data collection, analysis and interpretation, manuscript drafting, preparation of the final version of the article; Getman VV — data collection, analysis and interpretation, manuscript drafting; Galkin IS — research planning, data interpretation, manuscript drafting, preparation of the final version of the article.

Received: 2020-05-29 Accepted: 2020-06-17 Published online: 2020-06-30
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Fig. 1. Hormonal changes in the group with Lactobacillus spp., n = 105
Fig. 2. Hormonal changes in the group without Lactobacillus spp., n = 105
Fig. 3. Changes in the hormones studied, two compared groups
Fig. 4. The frequency of occurrence of microorganisms in the ejaculate as detected by RT-PCR, two compared groups
Fig. 5. Changes in spermogram values, two compared groups
Table 1. Level of the hormones studied in the two compared groups
Table 2. The studied spermogram values in the two compared groups