Treatment of trichomonal prostatitis with metronidazole.

The treatment of trichomonal infestations of the genito-urinary tracts of both men and women has been greatly improved since the introduction of metronidazole in 1959. Cure rates in women of over 80 per cent, have been reported by several observers (Rodin, King, Nicol, and Barrow, 1960; Nicol, Barrow, and Redmond, 1960; Watt and Jennison, 1962). Even higher cure rates have been claimed in cases of trichomonal urethritis in men (Durel, Roiron, Siboulet, and Borel, 1960; Rodin and others, 1960; Sylvestre, Belanger, and Gallai, 1960). The incidence of trichomonal prostatitis is unknown. As examination of the prostatic secretion is not always carried out in the male sexual contacts of women with trichomonal vaginitis or in men with symptoms of disease of the lower genito-urinary tract, the true frequency of the condition is likely to remain undetermined.