Trichomoniasis: Challenges to Appropriate Management
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Trichomoniasis: challenges to appropriate management.
Trichomonas vaginalis infection is a common cause of vaginal irritation in women and is the most common nonviral sexually transmitted disease in the world. It has been associated with serious sequelae, the most notable of which are prematurity, low birth weight, and increases in human immunodeficiency virus transmission. We review advances in diagnosis and treatment and the current controversie...
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عنوان ژورنال: Clinical Infectious Diseases
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1537-6591,1058-4838
DOI: 10.1086/511425