[Effect of antisperm antibodies in male infertility]

Antisperm antibodies and their relationship with infertility has been investigated in semen and serum samples of 100 infertile and 25 fertile males. The investigation of antisperm antibodies has been done by latex agglutination test in semen samples and by ELISA procedure in serum samples. In addition, the semen samples have been investigation for several characteristics. Antisperm antibodies have been found 7% positive in blood and 30% positive in semen. In 28.5% of the patients with positive antisperm antibodies in blood, antisperm antibodies in semen have also been found to be positive. For cases with infertility of unknown cause the antisperm antibodies ratio has been found to be significantly high (p less than 0.002). These results have shown the importance of further investigation of antisperm antibodies in cases with infertility of unknown reasons.