Tinidazole Therapy for Metronidazole‐Resistant Vaginal Trichomoniasis

Recalcitrant vaginal trichomoniasis.

As Trichomonas vaginalis infects the urethra, Bartholin’s and Skene’s glands, as well as the vagina systemic treatment for trichomoniasis is recommended. The only group of drugs with safe, proved, systemic eYcacy is the imidazoles and the most widely used agent is metronidazole. When antimicrobial resistance arises it is likely to be shared across the group. Metronidazole resistant strains have...

Treatment of vaginal trichomoniasis with gyno-sterosan.

Vaginal and oral nitrimidazine in the treatment of vaginal trichomoniasis.

Systematic review of diagnostic tests for vaginal trichomoniasis.

OBJECTIVE To review critically and to summarize the evidence of diagnostic tests and culture media for the diagnosis of Trichomonas vaginitis. METHODS We performed a systematic review of literature indexed in MEDLINE of studies that used Trichomonas culture as the reference standard (9,882 patients, 35 studies). Level I studies (5,047 patients, 13 studies) fulfilled at least two of three crit...

Validity of self-obtained vaginal specimens for diagnosis of trichomoniasis.

A comparison of self- and clinician-collected vaginal specimens for the diagnosis of trichomoniasis was conducted. The sensitivities of culture methods using self- and clinician-collected specimens were 84.6 and 88.5%, respectively. There was no significant difference between the sensitivities of culture methods using self- and clinician-collected vaginal specimens for the diagnosis of trichomo...