Forget about circumcision and sex, harmful bacteria could be living in the penis, new study finds

NAIROBI, KENYA: The debate that has been raging in Kenya about male circumcision and the spread of HIV which led to a campaign for voluntary male circumcision could be dimmed if results of the latest research on the existence of microbes in the penis are to be considered.

The new research has disturbing findings that even healthy men have organisms that reside deep within the urogenital tract which could be pathogenic. The area has always been considered as sterile and free from infection but the study findings revealed otherwise. The researchers now believe that there are more microorganisms in the penis than had been imagined before.