title: [Qilin pills combined with levofloxacin for asthenospermia accompanied with accessory sex gland infection: a clinical observation].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To observe the efficacy of the combination of Qilin Pills and levofloxacin in the treatment of asthenospermia accompanied with accessory sex gland infection.
  
  
  METHODS
  We randomly assigned 80 asthenospermia patients with accessory sex gland infection to groups 1 and 2 of equal number, the former treated with Qilin Pills + levofloxacin, and the latter with levofloxacin only. Qilin Pills were administered at the dose of 6 g tid for 30 days, and levofloxacin at the dose of 0.5 g qd for 20 days. We obtained semen parameters, including the percentage of progressively motile sperm and peroxidase-positive white blood cell (WBC) count, before and after medication, and compared the clinical effects between the two groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  All the patients accomplished the clinical trial. The therapeutic effectiveness rates in improving progressive sperm motility were 60% in group 1 and 17.5% in group 2, with statistically significant differences between the two groups (P < 0.05). As for the peroxidase-positive WBC count in semen, the effectiveness rates were 87.5% and 82.5%, respectively, with no significant differences between the two groups (P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  For the treatment of asthenospermia accompanied with accessory sex gland infection, Qilin Pills combined with levofloxacin is evidently better than levofloxacin alone in improving sperm motility, and it has no obvious adverse effects.
authors.affiliation: Reproductive Medicine Center, Department of Urology, The First Hospital Affiliated of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, China. gaoyong9971@163.com
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authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, The First Hospital Affiliated of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, China.
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authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, The First Hospital Affiliated of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, China.
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authors.lastname: Sun
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, The First Hospital Affiliated of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, China.
authors.forename: Ya-Feng
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authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, The First Hospital Affiliated of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, China.
authors.forename: Ya-Dong
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authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, The First Hospital Affiliated of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, China.
authors.forename: Bin
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authors.lastname: Ouyang
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, The First Hospital Affiliated of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, China.
authors.forename: Sheng-Fu
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authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, The First Hospital Affiliated of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, China.
authors.forename: Tao
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authors.lastname: Zheng
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, The First Hospital Affiliated of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, China.
authors.forename: Xin
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authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, The First Hospital Affiliated of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, China.
authors.forename: Qi-Yun
authors.initials: QY
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, The First Hospital Affiliated of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, China.
authors.forename: Da-Yu
authors.initials: DY
authors.lastname: Han
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, The First Hospital Affiliated of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, China.
authors.forename: Bing
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, The First Hospital Affiliated of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, China.
authors.forename: Chun-Hua
authors.initials: CH
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.affiliation: Department of Urology, The First Hospital Affiliated of Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, Guangdong 510080, China.
authors.forename: Xiang-An
authors.initials: XA
authors.lastname: Tu
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D053627:Asthenozoospermia / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D007248:Infertility, Male / Q000188:drug therapy; D064704:Levofloxacin / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D008297:Male; D008517:Phytotherapy; D060737:Reproductive Tract Infections / Q000188:drug therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal; D064704:Levofloxacin