Trichomonas Vaginalis Infestation

Trichomonas Vaginalis Infestation in Women.

laboratory established in 1924 although it seemed to be the only way in which to raise the standard of testing in this country; it was then almost literally true that there were as many ways of conducting the Wassermann test as there were laboratories practising it, the attitude of the average pathologist being that his method was as good as any and better than most. To extend this control woul...

Trichomonas Vaginalis Infestation in Male Subjects.

Trichomonas vaginalis

We have investigated the effects of a novel neutrophil-activating factor released by Trichomonas vaginalis (TV-NAF) on neutrophil chemotaxis. TV-NAF was present in the supernatant from 107 T. vaginalis (STV) cultured in 1 ml of serum-free Hanks' balanced salt solution (HBSS) at 37°C for 30 min. With a multichamber chemotactic assay, we found that there were 112 + 15 migrated neutrophils (mean ±...

Trichomonas vaginalis infection

women attending a genitourinary medicine clinic. T vaginalis infection was diagnosed in 42 (11%) women. The sensitivities ofboth the latex agglutination test and the ELISA were 95% compared with 74% for microscopy and 76% for culture. The latex test was specific and showed no cross reaction with a wide range of other genital tract infections. The latex agglutination test can detect antigen in b...

Trichomonas vaginalis United Kingdom

The main objective is to assist practitioners in managing men and women diagnosed with Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) infection. This guideline offers recommendations on the diagnostic tests, treatment regimens and health promotion principles needed for the effective management of TV, covering the management of the initial presentation, as well as how to prevent transmission and future infection.