Perinatal transmission of Trichomonas vaginalis: A case report

Journal of Reproductive Medicine for the Obstetrician and Gynecologist

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 59-61

  Schwandt, Anita ^b   Williams, Christine ^b   Beigi, Richard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Perinatal transmission; Trichomonas vaginalis; Trichomonas vaginitis

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; MAGNESIUM SULFATE; METRONIDAZOLE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIURIA; CASE REPORT; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MULTIPARA; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; PARASITE TRANSMISSION; PERINATAL INFECTION; PRENATAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; TOCOLYSIS; TREATMENT DURATION; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONIASIS; UTERINE CERVIX DILATATION; VAGINA DISCHARGE; VAGINAL DELIVERY; VULVOVAGINITIS;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTITRICHOMONAL AGENTS; DISEASE TRANSMISSION, VERTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, PARASITIC; TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS; TRICHOMONAS VAGINITIS;

EID: 38949126939     PISSN: 00247758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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