STUDIES ON TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS IN UROLOGICAL FIELD
VI. Clinical Efficacy of Various drugs
1973 Volume 64 Issue 4 Pages 281-286
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1973 Volume 64 Issue 4 Pages 281-286
As has been reported previously, Trichomonas vaginalis strains isolated from urinary tract are susceptible to various drugs. In this paper efficacy of metronidazole (Flagyl®), acetyl furatrizine (Panfuran S®) and nitrofurantoin (Furadantin®) in eliminating trichomonas from urinary tract is presented.
In total, trichomonas vaginalis was isolated from 64 male patients including 29 cases with chronic prostatitis and 35 with urinary tract infections and from 25 females including 10 urinary tract infections and 15 vaginal infections. Most of urinary tract infections in the females were accompanied by vaginal infections. In male patients erradication of trichomonas was successful in all cases irrespective of the drug employed. However, in 40% of the female patients, the medication resulted in failure. Frequent reinfection from genital organs in female patients was suspected as the cause of failure. Relapse ratio seemed to be dependent on the frequency of sexual intercourse which could provoke a “ping-pong” infection.
