[Transmission of urogenital trichomoniasis in female prostitutes]

A group of female prostitutes (n = 41) was found to be infected with Trichomonas vaginalis to 36.6%, diagnosed by using culture methods. The examination of these women for T. vaginalis and their treatment is not obligatory, therefore the transmission of these parasites by infected prostitutes is not properly controlled; transmission of the trichomoniasis continues under nearly optimal conditions. It is urgently necessary to examine female prostitutes for T. vaginalis infections without exception. In these cases culture methods must be used and all infected women must be treated immediately with effective drugs. The last meeting of the German Society of Gynecologists in 1984 has stressed the necessity to control trichomoniasis systematically.