AGE CHANGES OF IMMUNOLOGICAL, MORPHOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL INDICES OF MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
The article analyzes the dependence of bactericidal activity of sperm - natural resistance factors controlling the survival of bacteria in the urogenital tract, on the age of men. These data are compared with the results of the standard (on the recommendations of the WHO) spermogram, reﬂ ecting reproductive health. Due to the fact that one of the main etiological agents of infectious disease groups in the male reproductive system in adulthood are Staphylococcus spp., we consider the level of bactericidal activity of sperm in resident and transient carriage of S. aureus and S. epidermidis.