Abstract | BACKGROUND: GOAL OF THIS STUDY: To determine if appropriate use of the female condom decreased the rate of recurrent vaginal trichomoniasis in previously diagnosed and treated women. STUDY DESIGN: One hundred and four sexually active women with vaginal trichomoniasis were treated with metronidazole and assigned to a group using the female condom or a control group during a 45-day period of continued sexual activity. Fifty women served as controls, and 54 women were assigned to use the female condom. RESULTS: Only 20 women used the female condom each time they had sexual intercourse. Reinfection with trichomonas occurred in 7/50 (14%) controls, in 5/34 (14.7%) noncompliant users, and in 0/20 compliant users of the female condom. CONCLUSION:
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Authors | D E Soper, D Shoupe, G A Shangold, M M Shangold, J Gutmann, L Mercer |
Journal | Sexually transmitted diseases
(Sex Transm Dis)
1993 May-Jun
Vol. 20
Issue 3
Pg. 137-9
ISSN: 0148-5717 [Print] United States |
PMID | 8511706
(Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't)
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Topics |
- Adult
- Contraceptive Devices, Female
- Female
- Humans
- Patient Compliance
- Recurrence
- Trichomonas Vaginitis
(prevention & control)
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