| Table 1: Incidence of semen bacterial contamination in patients submitted or not to water loading before semen collection. | ||||
| Bacteria |
Total (n=20) |
Water loading (n=10) |
No water loading (n=10) |
P values |
| Staphylococcus spp. | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0.264 |
| Viridans streptococci | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Gram-negative bacilli (not identified) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0.531 |
| Proteus mirabilis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0.305 |
| Escherichia coli | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.305 |
| Enterococci | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 33 | 17 | 16 | 0.768 |