Premature with trichomoniasis: report of one case.

Abstract

We report a case of an extremely-low-birth-weight premature infant with Trichomonas vaginalis infection of the vagina and urinary tract. Her mother is also infected with Trichomonas vaginalis but is asymptomatic. The patient's illness started as an asymptomatic pyuria and later on at early infancy developed profuse malodorous vaginal discharge. Her vaginal discharge was positive for Trichomonas vaginalis, both on wet mount and Papanicolaou smear, and the infection responded well to treatment with metronidazole. Infants with recurrent vaginal discharge presenting beyond the neonatal period may be attributed to T. vaginalis infection.

• Authors: Jeng-Jye Wang, Lai King Yeung, Li-Chuan Sun, Leticia B Sy, Fur-Jiang Leu
• Journal: Acta paediatrica Taiwanica = Taiwan er ke yi xue hui za zhi (Acta Paediatr Taiwan) 2005 Jul-Aug Vol. 46 Issue 4 Pg. 219-21 ISSN: 1608-8115 [Print] China (Republic : 1949- )
• PMID: 16381336 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Antitrichomonal Agents
• Metronidazole

Topics

• Adult
• Animals
• Antitrichomonal Agents (therapeutic use)
• Female
• Humans
• Infant
• Infant, Newborn
• Infant, Very Low Birth Weight
• Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical
• Metronidazole (therapeutic use)
• Treatment Outcome
• Trichomonas Infections (drug therapy, parasitology, transmission)
• Trichomonas Vaginitis (drug therapy, parasitology)
• Trichomonas vaginalis (drug effects, isolation & purification)
• Vaginal Discharge (drug therapy, parasitology)