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Genitourin Med 1985;61:120-122 doi:10.1136/sti.61.2.120
  • Research Article

Carriage of Gardnerella vaginalis and anaerobes in semen.

  1. C A Ison,
  2. C S Easmon

      Abstract

      Gardnerella vaginalis was isolated from 22 (38%) of 58 semen samples obtained from men attending an infertility clinic. Counts ranged from 1.2 X 10(3) to greater than 10(7) colony forming units (cfu)/ml. There was no association between the isolation of G vaginalis and the sperm count. Twenty (34.4%) samples contained non-sporing anaerobes and nine (15.5%) both anaerobes and G vaginalis. The infective dose of G vaginalis is not known, but semen could act as a medium for its sexual transmission.

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