THE TREATMENT OF TRICHOMONAS VAGINALIS VAGINITIS WITH AUREOMYCIN
| Autor: | Douglas H. Sprunt, Leon V. McVay, Raymond L. Laird, James B. Flanagan |
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| Rok vydání: | 1951 |
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Female circumcision
medicine.medical_specialty medicine.drug_class Antibiotics Trichomonas Infections medicine.disease_cause Gastroenterology General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Internal medicine Trichomonas vaginalis medicine Humans Vaginitis Vaginal secretion Gynecology Trichomoniasis business.industry Obstetrics and Gynecology General Medicine medicine.disease medicine.anatomical_structure Vagina Female Trichomonas Vaginitis business Chlortetracycline |
| Zdroj: | Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey. 6:93 |
| ISSN: | 0029-7828 |
| DOI: | 10.1097/00006254-195102000-00047 |
| Popis: | Since we(1) had been successful in treating amebiasis with aureomycin it was thought possible that this antibiotic might be useful in other parasitic infestations. It was recalled that many amebicidal preparations are effective against T. vaginalis. Subsequent in vitro studies revealed that aureomycin is likewise trichomonicidal. Therefore, it was decided to investigate the action of the local application of aureomycin into the lower female genital tract in T. vaginalis vaginitis. A powder for vaginal insufflation was prepared by adding aureomycin hydrochloride to powdered talc (U.S.P. Merck). The first 6 patients were treated with talc alone. In each of these cases the vagina was insufflated with 2 g of powdered talc on 2 consecutive days and again on the fourth day. At the end of this period the vaginal secretions were negative for T. vaginalis in all 6 cases. Three days following cessation of therapy, the vagina contained T. vaginalis in 5 of the 6 cases. In the sixth patient vaginal secretions did not... |
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