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This study investigated the impact of the impact of antibiotic treatment combined with vaginal Lactobacillus<\/jats:italic> on pregnancy outcomes in infertile patients with CE during frozen embryo transfer (FET) cycles.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Methods<\/jats:title>A retrospective analysis was performed on the clinical data of 7,385 patients who underwent FET. After applying the inclusion and exclusion criteria, 254 patients diagnosed with CE were eligible for inclusion. Of these, 119 patients received antibiotics alone, whereas 135 were treated with a combination of doxycycline and vaginal Lactobacillus<\/jats:italic>. All patients underwent embryo transfer within 6 months following treatment. The general characteristics and pregnancy outcomes of the first FET cycle post-treatment were compared between the two groups.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>There were no statistically significant differences between the two groups in terms of general characteristics, clinical pregnancy rate, early miscarriage rate, and ectopic pregnancy rate. Patients who received a combination of doxycycline and Lactobacillus<\/jats:italic> showed a higher biochemical pregnancy rate compared to those who received doxycycline alone, though this difference was not statistically significant (70.37% vs. 64.71%, P=0.313). 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