RT Journal Article SR Electronic T1 Sexually communicable micro-organisms in human semen samples to be used for artificial insemination by donor. JF Genitourinary Medicine JO Genitourin Med FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd SP 116 OP 118 DO 10.1136/sti.63.2.116 VO 63 IS 2 A1 K H Tjiam A1 B Y van Heijst A1 A A Polak-Vogelzang A1 P H Rothbarth A1 T van Joost A1 E Stolz A1 M F Michel YR 1987 UL http://sti.bmj.com/content/63/2/116.abstract AB Two hundred and thirty seven semen samples from 10 institutes for artificial insemination by donor (AID) in Belgium and the Netherlands were tested for the presence of Neisseria gonorrhoeae, Chlamydia trachomatis, Mycoplasma hominis, Ureaplasma urealyticum, herpes simplex virus, and cytomegalovirus. The incidence of these micro-organisms in the semen samples was 0%, 6.3%, 4.6%, 35.9%, 0%, and 0.4% respectively, and 47% of all samples were infected with one or more of the micro-organisms. As the ejaculates from which the samples had been taken had already been, or would be, used for AID, the exclusion of microbiological contamination with sexually communicable micro-organisms before insemination is indicated.