Premature with trichomoniasis: report of one case

Acta Paediatr Taiwan. 2005 Jul-Aug;46(4):219-21.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • 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
  • Trichomonas Infections / parasitology*
  • Trichomonas Infections / transmission
  • Trichomonas Vaginitis / drug therapy
  • Trichomonas Vaginitis / parasitology*
  • Trichomonas vaginalis / drug effects
  • Trichomonas vaginalis / isolation & purification*
  • Vaginal Discharge / drug therapy
  • Vaginal Discharge / parasitology

Substances

  • Antitrichomonal Agents
  • Metronidazole