Successful treatment of four patients with recalcitrant vaginal trichomoniasis with a combination of zinc sulfate douche and metronidazole therapy

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 116-119

  Houang, Elizabeth T ^a,c   Ahmet, Zerin ^a   Lawrence, Adam G ^b  

^a QUEEN CHARLOTTE S AND CHELSEA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CHELSEA AND WESTMINSTER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; ZINC SULFATE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PROPHYLAXIS; REINFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINA;

EID: 0031019768     PISSN: 01485717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007435-199702000-00010     Document Type: Article

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