Resistance of Trichomonas vaginalis infections to metronidazole in Auckland sexual health clinics: Report of two cases

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 115, Issue 1160, 2002, Pages

  Lo, Min ^a   Reid, Murray ^a   Brokenshire, Michael ^b  

^a Auckland Sexual Health Service   (New Zealand)

^b Auckland District Health Board ^*  (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METRONIDAZOLE; ORNIDAZOLE; ANTITRICHOMONAL AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEALTH CENTER; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEW ZEALAND; PH; RASH; SEXUAL INTERCOURSE; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VULVOVAGINITIS; ANIMAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG RESISTANCE; INTRAVAGINAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MICROBIOLOGY; OBESITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT;

ADMINISTRATION, INTRAVAGINAL; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; ANIMALS; ANTITRICHOMONAL AGENTS; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; METRONIDAZOLE; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS; VULVOVAGINITIS;

EID: 0037163106     PISSN: 11758716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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