Trichomoniasis: Multimedia

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Further Reading

ACOG Committee on Practice Bulletins--Gynecology. ACOG Practice Bulletin. Clinical management guidelines for obstetrician-gynecologists, Number 72, May 2006: Vaginitis. Obstet Gynecol. May 2006;107(5):1195-1206.
 
Abramowicz M (ed.). Drugs for Parasitic Infections. The Medical Letter. Aug 2004.
 
Burtin P, Taddio A, Ariburnu O. Safety of metronidazole in pregnancy: a meta-analysis. ALYSIS. Feb 1995;172(2 Pt 1):525-9. 
 
Guenthner PC, Secor WE, Dezzutti CS. Trichomonas vaginalis-induced epithelial monolayer disruption and human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) replication: implications for the sexual transmission of HIV-1. Infect Immun. Jul 2005;73(7):4155-60. [Full Text].
 
Nanda N, Michel RG, Kurdgelashvili G, Wendel KA. Trichomoniasis and its treatment. Expert Rev Anti Infect Ther. Feb 2006;4(1):125-35.

Keywords

trichomoniasis, vaginal trichomoniasis, trichomonads, nongonococcal nonchlamydial urethritis, prostatitis, epididymitis, urethral stricture disease, pelvic inflammatory disease, colpitis macularis, vaginal discharge, vaginitis, cervicitis, dyspareunia, dysuria

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Darvin Scott Smith, MD, MSc, DTM&H,, Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stanford University; Chief of Infectious Diseases and Geographic Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Kaiser Redwood City Hospital
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Natalia Ramos,, Stanford University, Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California
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