Effect of antibiotic therapy in asthenozoospermic men associated with increased agglutination and minimal leukospermia

Archives of Andrology

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 159-162

  Carranza Lira, S ^a,b   Tserotas, K ^a   Moran C ^a   Merino, G ^a   Barahona, E ^a   Bermudez J A ^a  

^a Res Unit of Reproductive Medicine

^b NONE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Asthenozoospermia; Infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIGEN ANTIBODY REACTION; ARTICLE; ASTHENOSPERMIA; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEUKOCYTE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY;

EID: 79961203955     PISSN: 01485016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01485019808987939     Document Type: Article

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