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ArticleInternational journal of reproductive biomedicine2018

Assessing the prevalence of

Aylin Esmailkhani, Mohammad Taghi Akhi, Javid Sadeghi, Behrooz Niknafs, Abed Zahedi Bialvaei, Laya Farzadi, Nooshafarin Safadel

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Article in International journal of reproductive biomedicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
14citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Multiple sclerosis, urinary tract infections and infertility: a comprehensive scoping review.Journal of the Turkish German Gynecological Association · 2025
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  3. All Properties of Infertility Microbiome in a Review Article.Journal of clinical laboratory analysis · 2025
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  9. Role of Infection and Leukocytes in Male Infertility.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Aylin EsmailkhaniImmunology Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Mohammad Taghi AkhiDepartment of Bacteriology and Virology, School of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Javid SadeghiDepartment of Bacteriology and Virology, School of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Behrooz NiknafsDepartment of Anatomical Sciences, Medical Faculty, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Abed Zahedi BialvaeiDepartment of Microbiology, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
Laya FarzadiWomen's Reproductive Health Research Center, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran.
Nooshafarin SafadelDepartment of Quality Management and Laboratory Accreditation, Reference Health Laboratories Research Center, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Tehran, Iran.
Tabriz University of Medical Sciences · IRIran University of Medical Sciences · IRMinistry of Health and Medical Education · IR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

background

objectiveThe aim of present study was to determine the frequency of MATERIALS AND

methodsSeminal fluids of 100 infertile men were evaluated. Standard semen examination was done according to World Health Organization guidelines. After isolation and identification of

resultsData obtained from the present study shows that 16% of infertile male patients were colonized by

conclusionIt would appear that the

Indexed as

InfertilityMecASeminal fluidStaphylococcus aureus

Identifiers

PMID30234189
PMCPMC6129373
OpenAlexW2892664835

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