Известия высших учебных заведений. Поволжский регион: Медицинские науки (Dec 2020)

ROLE OF OPPORTUNISTIC MICROFLORA IN MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT OF WOMEN AND MALE INFERTILITY

  • L. V. Kurashvili,
  • G. V. Tyazhelkova,
  • M. V. Dolgusheva,
  • T. N. Korobovtseva,
  • N. I. Mikulyak

DOI
https://doi.org/10.21685/2072-3032-2020-4-12
Journal volume & issue
no. 4

Abstract

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Background. We made a research on the role of opportunistic microflora in the mechanisms of development of male and female infertilit. The purpose of the research is to study the health of the women and men reproductive system of childbearing age based on the assessment of vaginal secretions, urethral secretions and seminal fluid. Materials and methods. The data of the initial examination of the patient and the signing of an informed consent for the study are reflected in the primary documentation (outpatient card). Inclusion criteria for the study: absence of pregnancy in spouses during a year of married life, simultaneous subsampling and examination of smears for flora in women; receiving semen in the sterility room and timely assessment of spermograms, counting and issuing conclusions in men. Results. The composition of the microflora of vaginal and urethral smears was determined. An increase in infectious non-inflammatory pathology of the genitals of men and women of childbearing age was revealed. In women, Violations of the ratio of normal bacterial microflora, a decrease in facultative lactobacillus and an increase in opportunistic flora were found in women. A decrease in the fertility of seminal fluid was found in men. Conclusions. “Flora smear”, used to identify vaginal pathology, made it possible to assess the composition of microflora, to count the number of leukocytes, to assess hormonal saturation by the state of the cells of stratified squamous epithelium in a vaginal smear, and also to diagnose some sexually transmitted diseases: gonorrhea, trichomoniasis, candidiasis and chlamydia. Conclusions on spermograms made it possible to establish normal fertility in 17% of the examined men. The predominant opportunistic microflora in vaginal smears are Gardnerella vaginalis and fungi of the genus Сandida albicans.

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