How does the presence of staphylococcus epidermidis in sperm impact fertility?

The most common cause of dysuria is a urinary tract infection, especially in young females. This is often associated with increased frequency and urgency of passing urine. This is sometimes accompanied with fever, cloudy smelly urine or visible blood in the urine. This is usually easily treated with a short course of antibiotics. Vaginal infections such as from yeast can also cause dysuria. Sexually transmitted infections such as gonorrhea, chlamydia or herpes also cause dysuria, and can be accompanied by genital itching and abnormal discharge from the urethra (men) or vagina.

Staphylococcus epidermidis is a common inhabitant of the skin and mucosa. In other words, the presence of this organism in a urine culture may represent contamination of the sample rather than a true infection. In fact, S. epidermidis is one of the most common contaminants in a microbiology lab. It is unusual to have a urinary tract infection from staphylococcus epidermidis unless the patient immune system is suppressed or the urinary tract has a foreign body - e. g urine catheter/stent or kidney stones.