ii List of Tables vi List of Figures vii Glossary of Terms viii Chapter 1 Overview of Trichomoniasis in Cattle

Effective therapies exist for the treatment of both vaginal trichomoniasis and bacterial vaginosis (BV). Recurrent trichomonas infection is uncommon, and significant metronidazole resistance remains rare. The management of metronidazole-resistant trichomoniasis is dependent on susceptibility studies, which can be used to guide higher doses of metronidazole therapy. Recurrent BV is common. A mec...

background in the last two decades the incidence of sexually transmitted infections (stis) are dramatically increased and remain a major public health problem in developing countries. trichomoniasis is the most common non-viral sexually transmitted infection caused by trichomonas vaginalis which is a flagellated protozoon associated with vaginitis, cervicitis and urethritis. researchers believe...

Fifty-three consecutive pregnant women seen over six months were screened for chlamydial infection, syphilis, gonorrhoea, trichomoniasis, and candidosis. Chlamydia trachomatis was isolated in 20 (37.7%) patients, of whom six were sexual partners of known cases of non-gonococcal urethritis (NGU) (two had associated gonorrhoea or candidosis) and six had gonorrhoea (three had associated trichomoni...

Number 20 Last year I wrote a two-part essay on herpes simplex virus infections. 1z In it, I noted that although herpes has been known for over 2,000 years, it has only recently attracted the attention of medical researchers. But herpes, specifically HSV2, is just one of several sexually transmitted diseases (STDS) whose incidence has recently reached dramatic levels. This " new generation " of...