[Urogenital infections in the male and the desire to father a child].

Urogenital infections may often have a major effect on fertility. For the most part, however, the pathogenetic aspects of such cases have not yet been clarified. In the future, the integration of functional and molecular parameters will be decisive for defining an interaction between urogenital infection and male fertility. As a rule, infection-related alterations to the ejaculate require antimicrobial treatment, although the effect of the latter on fertility remains uncertain.