Failure of Metronidazole to Prevent Preterm Delivery among Pregnant Women with AsymptomaticTrichomonas vaginalisInfection
| Autor: | Mark A. Klebanoff, A. Meier, S. J. Yaffe, T. A. Siddiqi, C. Alfonso, Robert P. Nugent, Sharon L. Hillier, John C. Hauth, Donald J. Dudley, Jay D. Iams, A. Northen, M. L. Fischer, Brian M. Mercer, M. L. Sherman, S. Nicholson, Cora MacPherson, Gary R. Thurnau, S. Leindecker, Mark B. Landon, F. Johnson, L. Reynolds, M. DiVito, Elizabeth Thom, Nancy C. Elder, E. Mueller-Heubach, S. Beydoun, Marshall D. Lindheimer, Paul J. Meis, G. S. Norman, Kenneth J. Leveno, T. Camon, R. P. Heine, R. B. Newman, Atef H. Moawad, F. LeBoeuf, Steve N. Caritis, S. F. Bottoms, Phyllis L. Jones, Steven L. Bloom, J. M. Ernest, Ronald J. Wapner, W. Trout, R. D. Ramsey, Jorge E. Tolosa, B. A. Collins, J. C. Carey, Michael D. Berkus, R. L. Copper, Charlotte Catz, M. Swain, Margaret Cotroneo, F. Doyle, William W. Andrews |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Antitrichomonal Agents Placebo medicine.disease_cause Asymptomatic Obstetric Labor Premature Vaginal disease Pregnancy Metronidazole Trichomonas vaginalis medicine Animals Humans Treatment Failure Gynecology Trichomoniasis Obstetrics business.industry Infant Newborn General Medicine medicine.disease Pregnancy Complications Pregnancy Complications Parasitic Vagina Gestation Female medicine.symptom Trichomonas Vaginitis business Infant Premature Follow-Up Studies medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | New England Journal of Medicine. 345:487-493 |
| ISSN: | 1533-4406 0028-4793 |
| Popis: | Infection with Trichomonas vaginalis during pregnancy has been associated with preterm delivery. It is uncertain whether treatment of asymptomatic trichomoniasis in pregnant women reduces the occurrence of preterm delivery.We screened pregnant women for trichomoniasis by culture of vaginal secretions. We randomly assigned 617 women with asymptomatic trichomoniasis who were 16 to 23 weeks pregnant to receive two 2-g doses of metronidazole (320 women) or placebo (297 women) 48 hours apart. We treated women again with the same two-dose regimen at 24 to 29 weeks of gestation. The primary outcome was delivery before 37 weeks of gestation.Between randomization and follow-up, trichomoniasis resolved in 249 of 269 women for whom follow-up cultures were available in the metronidazole group (92.6 percent) and 92 of 260 women with follow-up cultures in the placebo group (35.4 percent). Data on the time and characteristics of delivery were available for 315 women in the metronidazole group and 289 women in the placebo group. Delivery occurred before 37 weeks of gestation in 60 women in the metronidazole group (19.0 percent) and 31 women in the placebo group (10.7 percent) (relative risk, 1.8; 95 percent confidence interval, 1.2 to 2.7; P=0.004). The difference was attributable primarily to an increase in preterm delivery resulting from spontaneous preterm labor (10.2 percent vs. 3.5 percent; relative risk, 3.0; 95 percent confidence interval, 1.5 to 5.9).Treatment of pregnant women with asymptomatic trichomoniasis does not prevent preterm delivery. Routine screening and treatment of asymptomatic pregnant women for this condition cannot be recommended. |
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