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P A Mårdh, S Colleen, J Sylwan.
Abstract
Our purpose was to determine the effect of semen and some of its components upon chlamydial inclusion (CI) count and cytopathogenic effect in cycloheximide-treated McCoy cells. Semen and spermine caused a dose-related decrease in the number of CI, using a standardized infectious dose of Chlamydia trachomatis, immunotype F. Lysozyme in certain concentrations stimulated CI formation, whereas the cations Cu++ and Zn++ produced a cytopathogenic effect and a dose-related reduction of the CI count, EDTA neutralized the effects of the cations and its addition to seminal fluid experimentally infected with C. trachomatis resulted in a greater number of CI than found in control cultures containing only semen.Entities:
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Year: 1980 PMID: 6246025
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Invest Urol ISSN: 0021-0005