Metronidazole treatment in pregnancy.
Vaginal trichomoniasis was treated with standard courses of oral metronidazole in 597 pregnant women. In 283 other pregnant women, the infection remained untreated. The incidences of low-birth-weight infants, stillbirths and congenital abnormalities were not affected by metronidazole treatment of trichomoniasis in pregnancy.
D000014:Abnormalities, Drug-Induced; D000284:Administration, Oral; D004341:Drug Evaluation; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008795:Metronidazole / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011247:Pregnancy; D011251:Pregnancy Complications, Infectious / Q000188:drug therapy*; D014247:Trichomonas Vaginitis / Q000188:drug therapy*
D008795:Metronidazole