Difficult‐to‐Treat Trichomoniasis: Results with Paromomycin Cream

Difficult-to-treat trichomoniasis: results with paromomycin cream.

Vaginal trichomoniasis poses a difficult therapeutic challenge when metronidazole is ineffective or contraindicated. We conducted a retrospective study of 6.25% paromomycin cream in the treatment of nine women referred with cases of vaginal trichomoniasis where metronidazole resistance or allergy was present. Results obtained immediately and 1 month after treatment were reviewed. The median age...

Metronidazole resistant trichomoniasis successfully treated with paromomycin.

Management of a 42 year old female patient diagnosed with trichomoniasis is described. She failed to respond to recommended oral and high dose oral and topical metronidazole. Various options used in previously reported cases of metronidazole resistant trichomoniasis also failed to cure her condition. MIC showed the organism to be resistant to metronidazole. Cure was achieved with the use of top...

Trichomoniasis.

Trichomoniasis is perhaps the most common curable sexually transmitted disease worldwide, yet few resources are devoted to its control. It is associated with potentially serious complications such as preterm birth and human immunodeficiency virus acquisition and transmission. The immunology of a related organism, Tritrichomonas foetus, which causes disease in cattle, has been investigated to so...

[Trichomoniasis].

Few economic analyses have been made to assess the disease’s cost to the rancher. But, one study done in the late 1950’s suggested the overall loss associated with this infection could be as high as $800 per bull per year. In another more recent estimation a loss of anticipated revenue loss of $43,000 developed in a 360 cow herd the year trichomonas infection occurred. The pregnancy rate had dr...

Treatment of vaginal trichomoniasis with gyno-sterosan.