Trichomonas Vaginalis Repeat Infections Among HIV Negative Women

Summary

The overall goal of this project is to determine the influence of patient treatment and host factors on repeat Trichomonas vaginalis (TV) infections among HIV-negative women

Timeline

Start

2014-10-06

Primary completion

2017-06-05

Completion

2017-06-05

Publications

• Background Kissinger P, Amedee A, Clark RA, Dumestre J, Theall KP, Myers L, Hagensee ME, Farley TA, Martin DH. Trichomonas vaginalis treatment reduces vaginal HIV-1 shedding. Sex Transm Dis. 2009 Jan;36(1):11-6. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0b013e318186decf.
• Background Kissinger P, Secor WE, Leichliter JS, Clark RA, Schmidt N, Curtin E, Martin DH. Early repeated infections with Trichomonas vaginalis among HIV-positive and HIV-negative women. Clin Infect Dis. 2008 Apr 1;46(7):994-9. doi: 10.1086/529149.
• Background Kissinger P, Schmidt N, Mohammed H, Leichliter JS, Gift TL, Meadors B, Sanders C, Farley TA. Patient-delivered partner treatment for Trichomonas vaginalis infection: a randomized controlled trial. Sex Transm Dis. 2006 Jul;33(7):445-50. doi: 10.1097/01.olq.0000204511.84485.4c.
• Background Kissinger P, Mena L, Levison J, Clark RA, Gatski M, Henderson H, Schmidt N, Rosenthal SL, Myers L, Martin DH. A randomized treatment trial: single versus 7-day dose of metronidazole for the treatment of Trichomonas vaginalis among HIV-infected women. J Acquir Immune Defic Syndr. 2010 Dec 15;55(5):565-71. doi: 10.1097/QAI.0b013e3181eda955.
• Background Howe K, Kissinger PJ. Single-Dose Compared With Multidose Metronidazole for the Treatment of Trichomoniasis in Women: A Meta-Analysis. Sex Transm Dis. 2017 Jan;44(1):29-34. doi: 10.1097/OLQ.0000000000000537.
• Background Meites E, Gaydos CA, Hobbs MM, Kissinger P, Nyirjesy P, Schwebke JR, Secor WE, Sobel JD, Workowski KA. A Review of Evidence-Based Care of Symptomatic Trichomoniasis and Asymptomatic Trichomonas vaginalis Infections. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 Dec 15;61 Suppl 8(Suppl 8):S837-48. doi: 10.1093/cid/civ738.
• Background Kissinger P. Trichomonas vaginalis: a review of epidemiologic, clinical and treatment issues. BMC Infect Dis. 2015 Aug 5;15:307. doi: 10.1186/s12879-015-1055-0.

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