In vitro susceptibility of trichomonas vaginalis to metronidazole and treatment outcome in vaginal trichomoniasis

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1988, Pages 17-24

  Müller, Miklós ^a,b   Lossick, Joseph G ^a,b   Gorrell, Thomas E ^c  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Health Promotion in the Columbus Health Department   (United States)

^c EPCO Inc ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROTOZOON; SHORT SURVEY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS;

ADULT; ANIMAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; IN VITRO; MALE; METRONIDAZOLE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXYGEN; PROGNOSIS; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS;

EID: 0023915230     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: 15374521     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-198801000-00004     Document Type: Article

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