Epidemiological and pathogen characteristics of symptomatic male reproductive tract infections in Hunan province: retrospective study.

ABSTRACT: Male reproductive tract infections (MRTIs) are associated with serious clinical complications; however, their epidemiological characteristics remain insufficiently defined due to limitations in conventional diagnostic methods. This study utilized targeted next-generation sequencing (tNGS) to characterize the pathogen spectrum of MRTIs I n Hunan Province, China. Urethral swab specimens were collected from 594 male patients between February 2024 and January 2025. A tNGS panel targeting 61 pathogens was applied for pathogen detection. Statistical analyses were conducted using SPSS version 25.0. Of the 594 male reproductive tract swab samples analyzed, 484 (81.5%) were positive for at least one pathogen. Among the reported positive male samples, the highest positivity rate was observed in the

SUBMITTER: Xie X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC13473576 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature