Discordance between spermatozoa detection and self-reported semen exposure

Abstract

An analysis of data from a prospective study of 1257 high-risk women revealed 7 predictors of discordance between self-reported lack of recent exposure to semen and detection of spermatozoa on Gram stain, suggesting that inaccuracies in the reporting of sexual behaviors cannot be assumed to be distributed randomly. © 2011 American Sexually Transmitted Diseases Association All rights reserved.