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The nature of the intraperitoneal exudate associated with infertility: peritoneal fluid and serum lysozyme activity.

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Olive, DL; Haney, AF; Weinberg, JB
Published in: Fertil Steril
November 1987

An intraperitoneal inflammatory process has been associated with infertility in women without anatomic distortion of the pelvic viscera, particularly with endometriosis. This phenomenon was investigated by measuring peritoneal fluid (PF) and serum levels of a major secretory product of the macrophage, lysozyme, in fertile and infertile women undergoing laparoscopy. Serum lysozyme levels were in the normal range and did not correlate with total PF lysozyme. Regression analysis revealed a negative correlation between adnexal adhesions and PF volume (P less than 0.05), PF leukocyte number (P less than 0.05), and total PF lysozyme (P less than 0.05). Significant correlations were found between total PF lysozyme and PF volume (r = 0.72, P less than 0.0001) and leukocyte number (r = 0.67, P less than 0.0001). These results suggest that a localized intraperitoneal inflammatory reaction is associated with infertility in the absence of anatomic distortion of the pelvic viscera.

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Published In

Fertil Steril

ISSN

0015-0282

Publication Date

November 1987

Volume

48

Issue

5

Start / End Page

802 / 806

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tissue Adhesions
  • Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine
  • Muramidase
  • Leukocyte Count
  • Infertility, Female
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Endometriosis
  • Ascitic Fluid
  • Adnexal Diseases
 

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Olive, D. L., Haney, A. F., & Weinberg, J. B. (1987). The nature of the intraperitoneal exudate associated with infertility: peritoneal fluid and serum lysozyme activity. Fertil Steril, 48(5), 802–806.
Olive, D. L., A. F. Haney, and J. B. Weinberg. “The nature of the intraperitoneal exudate associated with infertility: peritoneal fluid and serum lysozyme activity.Fertil Steril 48, no. 5 (November 1987): 802–6.
Olive, D. L., et al. “The nature of the intraperitoneal exudate associated with infertility: peritoneal fluid and serum lysozyme activity.Fertil Steril, vol. 48, no. 5, Nov. 1987, pp. 802–06.
Journal cover image

Published In

Fertil Steril

ISSN

0015-0282

Publication Date

November 1987

Volume

48

Issue

5

Start / End Page

802 / 806

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tissue Adhesions
  • Obstetrics & Reproductive Medicine
  • Muramidase
  • Leukocyte Count
  • Infertility, Female
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Endometriosis
  • Ascitic Fluid
  • Adnexal Diseases