Is there a valid confirmation regarding possible deleterious effects on human spermatogenesis in adults under oral Nitrofurantoin medication?

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Lay media is pushing more than necessary about this issue.

I think that a valid confirmation has been produced by Crotty KL in 1995 (J Urol, 153: 835-8) in which has been showed (by good statistical analysis) the role of nitrofurantoin (and others AB) on DNA flow cytometry of testicular aspirate.

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