{"title":"Identification and characterization of anaerobic bacteria in human semen: A retrospective study","authors":"Marek Kwaśniewski , Tomasz M. Karpiński","doi":"10.1016/j.anaerobe.2025.102977","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This study analyzed retrospectively 291 semen samples, identifying diverse anaerobic bacteria, mainly <em>Prevotella</em> (49 % of all isolates), <em>Veillonella</em>, and <em>Peptoniphilus</em>. Most isolates were susceptible to amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, suggesting its therapeutic potential in male infertility. Resistance to metronidazole was observed in <em>Peptoniphilus, Veillonella</em>, and <em>Propionimicrobium</em>, while <em>Bacteroides</em> exhibited resistance to benzylpenicillin.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":8050,"journal":{"name":"Anaerobe","volume":"94 ","pages":"Article 102977"},"PeriodicalIF":2.6000,"publicationDate":"2025-06-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Anaerobe","FirstCategoryId":"99","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S107599642500040X","RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q3","JCRName":"MICROBIOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
This study analyzed retrospectively 291 semen samples, identifying diverse anaerobic bacteria, mainly Prevotella (49 % of all isolates), Veillonella, and Peptoniphilus. Most isolates were susceptible to amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, suggesting its therapeutic potential in male infertility. Resistance to metronidazole was observed in Peptoniphilus, Veillonella, and Propionimicrobium, while Bacteroides exhibited resistance to benzylpenicillin.
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Anaerobe is essential reading for those who wish to remain at the forefront of discoveries relating to life processes of strictly anaerobes. The journal is multi-disciplinary, and provides a unique forum for those investigating anaerobic organisms that cause infections in humans and animals, as well as anaerobes that play roles in microbiomes or environmental processes.
Anaerobe publishes reviews, mini reviews, original research articles, notes and case reports. Relevant topics fall into the broad categories of anaerobes in human and animal diseases, anaerobes in the microbiome, anaerobes in the environment, diagnosis of anaerobes in clinical microbiology laboratories, molecular biology, genetics, pathogenesis, toxins and antibiotic susceptibility of anaerobic bacteria.