Mesalazine-induced reversible infertility in a young male

I. Chermesh; R. Eliakim

doi:10.1016/j.dld.2003.11.030

Mesalazine-induced reversible infertility in a young male

I. Chermesh, R. Eliakim^*

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Technion-Israel Institute of Technology

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Abstract

Mesalazine is a well-established treatment for ulcerative colitis. A young man treated with mesalazine for proctitis was found to have pathological semen with a count of only 3 × 10⁶ sperm cells/ml. He failed to achieve conception with his wife. When mesalazine treatment was stopped, semen analysis returned to near normal and pregnancy ensued. Due to recurrent disease activity, mesalazine treatment was reinstituted. This was followed by deterioration of the patient's semen.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	551-552
Number of pages	2
Journal	Digestive and Liver Disease
Volume	36
Issue number	8
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dld.2003.11.030
State	Published - Aug 2004
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Infertility
Mesalazine
Sulfapiridine

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