Trichomonas vaginalisin Pregnancy

Trichomonas vaginalis in Pregnancy

Pregnancy Trichomonas vaginalis is a common cause of vaginitis in both the pregnant and nonpregnant patient. This protozoan is usually susceptible to metronidazole, but there is reluctance to administer this antibiotic to pregnant patients. The presence of T. vaginalis usually indicates that the vaginal ecosystem has become unbalanced. The microflora tends to shift from a lactobacilli-dominant ...

Trichomonas vaginalis: Diagnosis and Clinical Characteristics in Pregnancy

OBJECTIVE The objectives of this study were to 1) determine the prevalance and characterize the symptomatology of Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) infection in pregnant women on entry into prenatal care in an inner-city population; 2) compare conventional microscopic methods vs. culture techniques in diagnosing TV in both symptomatic and asymptomatic pregnant patients; and 3) correlate wet mount micr...

Trichomonas empyema.

Tricky trichomonas

I ended a relationship about a year ago. I have always seemed to have a yeast infection when I went to doctors before. In my relationship I had went to the doctors before because of discharge and just told them I didn?t need to really be looked at because I know what it is. Well at the end of my relationship I went to the doctor to get a whole check-up. Come to find out that what I thought was ...

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 ±...