Treatment with levofloxacin does not resolve asymptomatic leucocytospermia - A randomized controlled study

Andrologia

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 244-247

  Krisp, Andreas ^a   Horster S ^a   Skrzypek, J ^a   Krause, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Leucocytospermia; Sperm parameters

Indexed keywords

LEVOFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LEUCOCYTOSPERMIA; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MALE INFERTILITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON COUNT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; HUMANS; LEUKOCYTOSIS; MALE; OFLOXACIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPERMATOZOA;

EID: 0141613934     PISSN: 03034569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1439-0272.2003.00580.x     Document Type: Article

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