

<!DOCTYPE article PUBLIC "-//NLM//DTD Journal Publishing DTD v3.0 20080202//EN" "journalpublishing3.dtd">

<article xmlns:xlink="https://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
  <front>
    <journal-meta>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="nlm-ta">J Reprod Infert</journal-id>
      <journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">arij001</journal-id>
      <journal-title-group>
        <journal-title>Journal of Reproduction &amp; Infertility</journal-title>
      </journal-title-group>
      <issn pub-type="ppub">2228-5482</issn>
      <issn pub-type="epub">2251-676X</issn>
      <publisher>
        <publisher-name>Avicenna Research Institute</publisher-name>
      </publisher>
    </journal-meta>

    <article-meta>
      <article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">jri140217</article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="doi"></article-id>
      <article-id pub-id-type="pmid"></article-id>
      <article-categories>
        <subj-group subj-group-type="heading">
             <subject></subject> 
        </subj-group>
        <subj-group>
            <subject></subject>
        </subj-group> 
      </article-categories>
      <title-group>
        <article-title>Serum Testosterone-Estradiol Ratio in Toxoplasma-Seropositive Infertile Men: A Prospective, Single-Center Study</article-title>
      </title-group>
        <contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ragab</surname><given-names>Ahmed</given-names></name></contrib><aff>Department of Andrology, Sexology and STIs, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt</aff></contrib-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Hamdy</surname><given-names>Doaa</given-names></name></contrib><aff>Department of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt</aff></contrib-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name><surname>Ibrahim</surname><given-names>Shimaa</given-names></name></contrib><aff>Department of Medical Parasitology, Faculty of Medicine, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt</aff></contrib-group>
      <pub-date pub-type="ppub">
        <day></day>
        <month></month>
        <year></year>
      </pub-date>
      <pub-date pub-type="epub">
        <day></day>
        <month></month>
        <year></year>
      </pub-date>
      <volume>25</volume>
      <issue>1</issue>
      <fpage>28</fpage>
      <lpage>38</lpage>
      <history>
        <date date-type="received">
          <day>19</day>
          <month>2</month>
          <year>2024</year>
        </date>
        <date date-type="accepted">
          <day>15</day>
          <month>3</month>
          <year>2024</year>
        </date>
      </history>
      <abstract>
      <p>
      &lt;p&gt;Background: The purpose of the current study was to compare the testosterone-estradiol (T:E2) ratio in Toxoplasma gondii (T. gondii) seropositive infertile men with seropositive and seronegative normozoospermic controls.&lt;br /&gt;
Methods: A total of 200 men with normal virilization, including 100 with idiopathic infertility and 100 normozoospermic men, were included in the study. Participants underwent a comprehensive evaluation including a detailed medical history assessment, physical examination, semen analysis, testing for T. gondii IgM/IgG, and estimation of serum T:E2 ratios. Statistical comparisons between groups were performed using t-test and Chi square (x&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;) with a significance level set at p&amp;lt;0.05.&lt;br /&gt;
Results: Infertile cases were diagnosed with oligozoospermia (63%), oligoasthenozoospermia (34%), and oligoasthenoteratozoospermia (3%). Regarding anti-Toxoplasma IgG and IgM antibodies, among infertile men, 34 tested positive for IgG and 8 tested positive for IgM. Among the 34 infertile men who tested positive for IgG antibodies, 13 individuals (38.2%) had disturbed T:E2 ratios. Also, among the 12 IgG-positive controls, 5 individuals (41.7%) had disturbed T:E2 ratios (p=0.834). However, only 2 out of the 83 seronegative controls (2.5%) had disturbed T:E2 ratios, which was statistically significant (p&amp;lt;0.001). Furthermore, 6 out of 8 IgM-positive infertile men had altered T:E2 ratios, compared to 3 out of 5 IgM-positive controls (p=0.568) and 2 out of 83 seronegative controls (p&amp;lt;0.001). The T:E2 ratio was significantly lower (8.68&amp;plusmn;1.95) among IgM-positive infertile men and higher (13.04&amp;plusmn;3.78) among IgG-positive infertile men when compared to seronegative controls (10.45&amp;plusmn;0.54) (p&amp;lt;0.001). There were no significant differences in the testosterone-estradiol (T:E2) ratios between infertile men with positive IgM or IgG serology and the control group with the same serology.&lt;br /&gt;
Conclusion: A significant proportion of infertile men with toxoplasmosis exhibit altered T:E2 ratios. These findings emphasize the importance of conducting anti-T. gondii-IgG testing in individuals with abnormal T:E2 ratios.&lt;/p&gt;

      </p>
      </abstract>
    </article-meta>
  </front>

    
</article>

