Semen quality in patients with Chlamydia trachomatis genital infection treated concurrently with prulifloxacin and a phytotherapeutic agent

Journal of Andrology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 615-623

  Cai, Tommaso ^a   Wagenlehner, Florian M E ^b   Mazzoli, Sandra ^c   Meacci, Francesca ^c   Mondaini, Nicola ^d   Nesi, Gabriella ^d   Tiscione, Daniele ^a   Malossini, Gianni ^a   Bartoletti, Riccardo ^d  

^a SANTA CHIARA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GIESSEN   (Germany)

^c SANTA MARIA ANNUNZIATA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fertility; Ginseng; L arginine; Prostate; Sperm

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; CARNITINE; FERTILITY PROMOTING AGENT; FERTIMEV; GINSENG EXTRACT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LEVACECARNINE; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT; PRULIFLOXACIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BURNING SENSATION; CHRONIC PROSTATITIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DYSURIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE FERTILITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NAUSEA; OLIGOASTHENOTERATOZOOSPERMIA; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PHYTOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEMEN ABNORMALITY; SEMEN ANALYSIS; SPERM QUALITY; SPERMATOZOON DENSITY; SPERMATOZOON MOTILITY; TREATMENT DURATION; URINALYSIS; URINARY URGENCY;

ACETYLCARNITINE; ADULT; ARGININE; ASTHENOZOOSPERMIA; CARNITINE; CHLAMYDIA INFECTIONS; CHLAMYDIA TRACHOMATIS; DIOXOLANES; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; MALE; OLIGOSPERMIA; PANAX; PIPERAZINES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PROSTATITIS; SEMEN ANALYSIS;

EID: 84866430463     PISSN: 01963635     EISSN: 19394640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2164/jandrol.111.013961     Document Type: Article

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