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. 2018 Mar 20;31(2):165–167. doi: 10.1080/08998280.2018.1444298

Table 1.

Semen samples studied in the two time periods

Variable
2006–2010
2011–2015
P value
Semen samples 39 33  
Sperm concentration (million/mL) 66.4 70.8 0.71
Semen volume (mL) 3.9 3.0 0.06
Progressive motility (%) 42.1 43.7 0.40
Samples without isolates 1 (3%) 1 (3%) 0.90
Number of isolates per sample 2.4 2.4 0.97
Isolates found in samples      
Streptococcus species 27 (69%) 17 (52%) 0.12
Staphylococcus species 25 (64%) 20 (61%) 0.76
Lactobacillus species 3 (8%) 4 (12%) 0.53
Enterococcus species 7 (18%) 8 (24%) 0.51
Corynebacterium species 10 (26%) 11 (33%) 0.47
 Others (infrequent) 14 (36%) 11 (33%) 0.82