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Trichomoniasis in a postmenopausal woman cured after discontinuation of estrogen replacement therapy
R Sharma1, J Pickering, W M McCormack
1State University of New York Health Science Center at Brooklyn, 11203, USA.
Sexually Transmitted Diseases
|October 27, 1997
Abstract
Background:
Epidemiologic and experimental data suggest that estrogen has a salutary effect on Trichomonas vaginalis.
Case:
A metronidazole-allergic postmenopausal woman was cured of vaginal trichomoniasis in association with discontinuation of estrogen replacement therapy.
Conclusion:
Hormonal manipulation should be studied for the management of women with trichomoniasis who are allergic to metronidazole or who are infected with metronidazole-resistant strains of Trichomonas vaginalis.